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CHARTER, BY-LAWS, OFFICERS, 



MEMBERS, 



REPORT OF EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 



OF 



Ci)e jEeto^iorfe flisitorical ^ocietp 




170 CENTRAL PARK WEST, 
1900 



CHARTER, BY-LAWS, OFFICERS, 



MEMBERS, 



REPORT OF EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 



OF 



Cije i^elij'iorfe flistorical ^ocietj? 




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170 CENTRAL PARK WEST 
1909 



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OFFICERS OF THE SOCIETY, 1909. 



PRESIDENT, 

SAMUEL VERPLANCK HOFFMAN. 

FIRST VICE-PRESIDENT, 

FRANCIS ROBERT SCHELL. 

SECOND VICE-PRESIDENT, 

GEORGE RICHARD SCHIEFFELIN. 

FOREIGN CORRESPONDING SECRETARY, 

ARCHER MILTON HUNTINGTON. 

DOMESTIC CORRESPONDING SECRETARY, 

JOHN ABEEL WEEKES. 

RECORDING SECRETARY, 

ACOSTA NICHOLS. 

TREASURER, 

WARREN CADY CRANE. 

LIBRARIAN, 

ROBERT HENDRE KELBY. 



EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. 



FIRST CLASS FOR ONE YEAR, EXDIXG 1910. 

F. ROBERT SCHELL, DANIEL PARISH. Jr., 

AMOS F. ENO. 

SECOXB CLASS ^FOR TWO YEARS, EXDIXG 1911. 

ISAAC J. GREENWOOD, CLARENCE STORM, 

CHARLES A. SHER:\IAN. 

THIRD CLASS FOR THREE YEARS, EXDIXG 1912. 

CHANDLER DAVIS, WALTER L. SUYDA:\I, 

JOHN WATSON CARY. 

FOURTH CLASS FOR FOUR YEARS, EXDIXG 1913. 

JOHN A. WEEKES, J. PIERPONT MORGAN, 

PAUL R. TOWNE. 

DANIEL PARISH, Jr., Chairman. 

ROBERT H. KELBY, Secretary. 

[The President, Vice-Presidents, Recording Secretary, 
Treasurer, and Librarian are members of the Executive 
Committee.] 



TRUSTEES OF NEW BUILDING. 



SAMUEL VERPLANCK HOFFMAN, Chairman. 

ARCHER MILTON HUNTINGTON, 

Vice-Choir man. 

ROBERT HENDRE KELBY. 

WALTER L. SUYDAINI. 

CLARENCE STORM, Secretarij. 



CONTENTS. 

PAGE 

Officers 3 

Executive Committee 4 

Trustees New Building 5 

Origixal Act of Ixcorporation 11 

Revival of Act of Incorporation 14 

Revival and Amendment of Act of Incorporation . .15 

The Charter 17 

Act of Exemption 20 

Supplemental Act of Exemption 21 

By-Laws 23 

Report of Executive Committee 35 

Founders' Fund— Subscribers 52 

Abstract of Treasurer's Report 53 

Honorary Members 59 

Patrons 59 

Fellows 60 

Annual and Life Members 61 



ACTS OF INCORPORATION 
AND CHARTER. 



ORIGINAL ACT OF INCORPORATION. 



AN ACT 

To incorporate The New-York Historical Society. Passed 
February 10, 1809. 

Whekeas, the persons hereinafter named, and others, 
have formed themselves into an Association under the 
name of " The New- York Historical Society," for the 
purpose of discovering, procuring, and preserving what- 
ever may relate to the natural, civil, literary, and eccle- 
siastical history of the United States in general, and of 
this State in particular, and have presented a petition to 
the Legislature to be incorporated, that thereby such, the 
purpose and design of the said Society, may be the more 
effectually subserved and promoted; 

Therefore, 

1. Be it enacted by the People of the State 
OF New-Yokk, kepresented in Senate and Assembly, 
That Egbert Benson, Brockholst Livingston, Benjamin 
Moore, Samuel Miller, William Johnson, Samuel L. 
Mitchill, David Hosack, John M. Mason, DeWitt Clinton, 
John McKesson, Anthony Bleecker, Charles Wilkes, John 
Pintard, and John Forbes, and their associates, who now 
are, and such other persons as shall hereafter become mem- 
bers of the said Society, shall be, and are hereby ordained, 
constituted and declared a body corporate and politic, in 
fact and name, by the name of " The New- York Histori- 
cal Society," and that by such name they and their suc- 
cessors forever hereafter shall and may have succession, 

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12 THE NEW- YORK HISTOEICAL SOCIEIT. 

and by the same name be capable in law to sue and be 
sued, plead and be impleaded, answer and be answered 
unto, defend and be defended, in all courts of law and 
equity, in all manner of actions, suits, complaints, and 
matters whatsoever; and that they and their successors 
may have a common seal, and the same break, alter, 
change, and renew at their pleasure, and by the same shall 
be forever hereafter capable in the law to purchase, take, 
hold, receive, and enjoy, to them and their successors, 
any lands, tenements, hereditaments, goods, chattels or 
estate, real or personal, of whatever nature or quality in 
fee simple for life or lives, or for years, or in any other 
manner whatsoever: Provided always, that the yearly in- 
come or value of the said real or personal estate do not 
at any time exceed the sum of fifteen hundred dollars, 
current money of the State of jSTew-York, 

2. And it is hereby fuether enacted. That they and 
their successors by the same name, shall have power and au- 
thority to give, grant, bargain, sell, demise, release, and 
convey to others the whole or any part of such real or 
personal estate on such terms, and in such manner and 
form as the said Society may deem eligible to subserve 
and promote such, the purpose and design of the said 
Society, and that they and their successors shall have 
power, from time to time, to abolish any of the offices or 
appointments hereinafter mentioned, and create others 
in their room, with such powers and duties as they may 
think fit to confer and prescribe, and shall have poAver 
from time to time to make, constitute, ordain, and estab- 
lish such constitutions, by-laws, ordinances, and regula- 
tions as they shall judge proper for the election of offi- 
cers, the election and admission of new members, for the 
government and regulation of the officers and members, 
for fixing the times and places of the meetings of the said 
corporation, and for conducting, regulating, and manag- 
ing all the affairs and business of the said corporation, 
and the same from time to time to alter, change, repeal, 
revoke, and annul at their pleasure; and that the consti- 



OEIGINAL ACT OF INCOEPORATION. 13 

tution and by-laws, rules and regulations of the said So- 
ciety heretofore made and adopted, and now existing, 
shall and may remain in force until altered or repealed 
by the said corporation : Provided, that such by-laws, con- 
stitutions and regulations made or to be made by the said 
corporation, shall not be repugnant to the Constitution and 
laws of the United States or of this State. 

3. And be it furthek enacted, That the officers of the 
said Society, until otherwise ordained by the said corpora- 
tion, shall consist of one President, two Vice-Presidents, 
a Correspondent Secretary, a Recording Secretary, a 
Treasurer, a Librarian, and standing Committee of seven 
members; and that until the next annual meeting of the 
said Society, and until others shall be chosen in their 
places, the present officers and committees last appointed 
by the said Society shall be and continue respectively the 
officers of the said corporation. 

4. And be it further enacted. That this act shall be 
and is hereby declared to be a public act, and shall be con- 
strued most favorably to subserve and promote such, the 
purpose and design of the said Society, and that no mis- 
nomer of the said corporation, in any deed, will, testa- 
ment, gift, grant, demise, or other instrument of contract 
or conveyance, shall vitiate or defeat the same, Provided 
the said corporation shall be sufficiently described to show 
the intention of the parties. 

5. And be it further enacted. That this act shall be 
and remain in full force for the term of fifteen years: 
Provided, nevertheless, that in case the aforesaid Society 
shall at any time appropriate their, or any part of their 
funds to any purpose or purposes other than those con- 
templated by this act, and shall be thereof convicted by 
due course of law, that henceforth the said corporation 
shall cease and determine, and the estate, real and per- 
sonal, whereof it may be seized and possessed, shall vest 
in the people of this State. 



REVIVAL 



ACT OF INCORPORATION. 



a:n" act 

For renewing and continuing in force an Act entitled "An 
Act to incorporate The New-Yorh Historical Society, ^^ 
passed February 10, 1809. Passed February 10, 
1826. 

1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of 
New-Yokk, kepeesented in Senate and Assembly, That 
the act entitled " An Act to incorporate The Kew-York His- 
torical Society," passed Eebruarj 10, 1809, shall be and 
the same is hereby revived and extended and continued 
in force until the tenth day of February, which will be in 
the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and 
thirty-nine. And the said act shall be taken and consid- 
ered to have been in full force and effect, since the time 
of the passing thereof, in the same manner as if the same 
had not expired by its own limitation. 

2. And be it fukther enacted, That the officers last 
appointed by the said Society or Corporation, pursuant to 
the provisions of the said act shall be, and continue to be, 
officers of the said Corporation, till others shall be duly 
chosen in their respective places. And the estate and 
property which the said Society or Corporation may have 
legally acquired, or which they may legally hold, pur- 
suant to the said act, they may continue to hold, and may 
convey and dispose of the same, in the same manner as 
if the said act had always continued in full force and 
effect. 

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REVIVAL AND AMENDMENT 



ACT OF INCORPORATION. 



AN ACT 

To revive and continue in force an Act entitled "An Act 
to incorporate The New-Yorh Historical Society," 
passed February 10, 1809, and to amend the same. 
Passed February 2, 18Jf-6, by a two-third vote. 

The People of the State of IiTew-Yokk, repre- 
sented IN Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows : 

1. The Act entitled " An Act to incorporate The IsTew- 
York Historical Society," passed February 10/1809, is 
hereby revived and continued in force. 

2. The said act so revived and continued in force is 
hereby amended by striking out at the end of the first 
section thereof the v^ords, " Provided always that the 
yearly income, or value of the said real or personal es- 
tate, do not at any time exceed the sum of fifteen hun- 
dred dollars, current money of the State of New- York;" 
and inserting in the place thereof the words, " but the 
clear yearly income of the said real and personal estate, 
over and above the Library and collections of the said 
Society, shall not at any time exceed the sum of ten thou- 
sand dollars." 

3. The said revived act is hereby further amended, by 
striking out in the fifth line of the third section thereof 
the words " a Correspondent Secretary," and inserting 
in the place thereof the words, " a foreign corresponding 
secretary and domestic corresponding secretary." 

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16 THE NEW-YOEK HISTORICAL SOCIETY. 

4. The said revived act is hereby further amended by 
striking out in the first part of the fifth section thereof the 
words, " That this act shall be and remain in full force for 
the term of fifteen years : Provided, nevertheless." 

5. The Legislature may at any time alter or repeal this 
act. 

6. This act shall take effect immediately. 



THE CHARTER. 



The Charter of The New-Yorh Historical Society as re- 
vived, continued in force and amended, February 2, 
18Jf6. 

Whereas, the persons hereinafter named, and others, 
have formed themselves into an Association under the 
name of "The New-York Historical Society," for the 
purpose of discovering, procuring, and preserving what- 
ever may relate to the natural, civil, literary, and eccle- 
siastical history of the United States in general, and of 
this State in particular, and have presented a petition to 
the Legislature to be incorporated, that thereby such, the 
purpose and design of the said Society, may be the more 
effectually subserved and promoted; 
Therefore, 

§ I. Be it enacted by the People of the State of 
New-York, represented in the Senate and Assembly, 
That Egbert Benson, BrocMiolst Livingston, Benjamin 
Moore, Samuel Miller, William Johnson, Samuel L. 
Mitchill, D^vid Hosack, John M. Mason, I>eWitt Clin- 
ton, John McKesson, Anthony Bleecker, Charles Wilkes, 
John Pintard, and John Porbes, and their associates, who 
now are, and such other persons as shall hereafter become 
members of the said Society, shall be, and are hereby or- 
dained, constituted, and declared a body f fP^^^^^^ 
politic, in fact and name, by the name of " The New- 
York Historical Society," and that by such name they 
and their successors forever hereafter shall and may have 
succession, and by the same name be capable m law to sue 
and be sued, plead and be impleaded, answer and be an- 
swered unto, defend and be defended, in all courts of law 
and equity, in all manner of actions, suits, complaints, and 
matters whatsoever; and that they and their successors 

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18 THE NEW-YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY. 

may have a common seal, and the same break, alter, 
change, and renew at their pleasure, and by the same be 
forever hereafter capable in the law to purchase, take, 
hold, receive, and enjoy, to them and their successors, 
any lands, tenements, hereditaments, goods, chattels or 
estate, real and personal, of whatever nature or quality, in 
fee simple, for life or lives, or for years, or in any other 
manner whatsoever; but the clear yearly income of the 
said real and personal estate, over and above the Library 
and collections of the said Society, shall not at any time 
exceed the sum of ten thousand dollars. 

§ II. And it is hereby further enacted. That they 
and their successors, by the same name, shall have power 
and authority to give, grant, bargain, sell, demise, release, 
and convey to others, the whole or any part of such real or 
personal estate on such terms, and in such manner and 
form as the said Society may deem eligible to subserve 
and promote such, the purpose and design of the said 
Society; and that they and their successors shall have 
power, from time to time, to abolish any of the offices or 
appointments hereinafter mentioned, and create others in 
their room, with such powers and duties as they may 
think fit to confer and prescribe, and shall have power 
from time to time to make, constitute, ordain, and estab- 
lish such constitutions, by-laws, ordinances, and regula- 
tions as they shall judge proper for the election of offi- 
cers, the election and admission of new members, for the 
government and regulation of the officers and members, 
for fixing the times and places of the meetings of the said 
corporation, and for conducting, regulating, and manag- 
ing all the affairs and business of the said corporation; 
and the same from time to time to alter, change, repeal, 
revoke, and annul at their pleasure; and that the consti- 
tution and by-laws, rules and regulations of the said So- 
ciety heretofore made and adopted, and now existing, 
shall and may remain in force until altered or repealed 
by the said corporation : Provided, that such by-laws, con- 
stitutions and regulations, made or to be made by the said 



THE CHARTER. 19 

corporation, shall not be repugnant to the Constitution 
and laws of the United States, or of this State. 

§ III. And be it further enacted, That the officers 
of the said Society, until otherwise ordained by the said 
corporation, shall consist of one President, two Vice- 
Presidents, a Foreign Corresponding Secretary, a Do- 
mestic Corresponding Secretary, a Eecording Secretary, 
a Treasurer, a Librarian, and standing Committee of 
seven members; and that until the next annual meeting 
of the said Society, and until others shall be chosen in 
their places, the present officers and committees last ap- 
pointed by the said Society shall be and continue respec- 
tively the officers of the said corporation. 

§ IV. And be it further enacted, That this act shall 
be and is hereby declared to be a public act, and shall be 
construed most favorably to subserve and promote such, 
the purpose and design of the said Society, and that no 
misnomer of the said corporation, in any deed, will, tes- 
tament, gift, grant, demise, or other instrument of con- 
tract or conveyance, shall vitiate or defeat the same : Pro- 
vided the said corporation shall be sufficiently described 
to show the intention of the parties. 

§ V. And be it further enacted. That in case the 
aforesaid Society shall at any time appropriate their, or 
any part of their funds to any purpose or purposes other 
than those contemplated by this act, and shall be thereof 
convicted by due course of law, that thenceforth the said 
corporation shall cease and determine, and the estate, real 
and personal, whereof it may be seized and possessed, shall 
vest in the people of this State. 

§ VI. The Legislature may at any time alter or repeal 
this act. 

S VII. This act shall take effect immediately. 



ACT OF EXEMPTION. 



An Act to exempt the Library edifice and site of The New- 
York Historical Society from sale under execution. 
Passed April 12, 1856. 

The People of the State of ISTew-York, repre- 
sented IN Senate and Assembly^ do enact as follows : 

§ 1. In case " The Xew-York Historical Society," in 
the City of New- York, shall by voluntary contributions of 
its members and others, raise sufficient money for the 
purchase of a site in the City of ISTew-York, and the erec- 
tion thereon of a suitable fire-proof building for the re- 
ception and preservation of the library and collections, 
and for the general uses of said Society, and shall appro- 
priate said moneys for such purpose, then such site and 
the building which may be erected thereon shall be ex- 
empt from sale on execution for debts hereafter contracted 
by said Society, so long as such site shall be used by such 
Society; but such exemption shall not extend to any debt 
contracted for the erection of such building. 

§ 2. The said !N"ew-York Historical Society shall not 
encumber said property by mortgage or otherwise. 

§ 3. To entitle any property to the exemption speci- 
fied in this Act, the said Society shall execute a declara- 
tion of the uses of said property, with a particular de- 
scription of the same, which shall be recorded in the office 
of the register of the City and County of l^Tew York ; but 
no property shall, by virtue of this act, be exempt from 
sale for non-payment of taxes and assessments, or for 
debt contracted for the purchase thereof, or prior to the 
recording of the aforesaid declaration. 

§ 4. This act shall take effect immediately. 

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SUPPLEMENTAL ACT OF EXEMPTION. 



An Act Supplemental to Chapter 187 of the Laws of 1856, 
entitled "An Act to exempt the Library edifice and 
site of The New-York Historical Society from sale 
under execution." -Laws of New-Yorh, 1889, Chap- 
ter 46Jf. 

Approved by the Governor, June 13, 1889. Passed, 
three-fifths being present. 

The People of the State of New-Yoek, kepre- 
SENTED m Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows : 

S 1 In case " The New-York Historical Society," in 
the city of New-York, shall, by voluntary contributions 
of its members and others, raise sufficient money for the 
purchase of a larger and more eligible site in the City o± 
New-York, and for the erection thereon of a more com- 
modious and extensive fire-proof building for the recep- 
tion and preservation of its library and co lections, and 
for the general uses of said Society, and shall appropriate 
such monev for said purposes, and shall execute a dec- 
laration of the uses of said property with a particular 
description of the same, and shall cause the -id deda a- 
tion to be recorded in the office of the register of the City 
and County of New-York, it is hereby authorized o sel 
and convey bv deed, executed and acknowledged by its 
President and Secretary, the real estate and building now 
held by it, and which were exempted from sa e on cxe- 
cln'by Chapter 187 of the Laws of 1856, entitled ^n 
Act to exempt the Library edifice and site of The New^ 
York Historical Society from sale under execution 
aA thereupon such new site and the building which may 



22 THE NEW-YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY. 

be erected thereon shall be exempt from sale on execu- 
tion for debts hereafter contracted by said Society, so 
long as such site shall be used by such Society, but such 
exemption shall not extend to any debt contracted for the 
erection of such building. 

§ 2. The said Society is hereby authorized to hold 
such real and personal estate as may be necessary for the 
purposes of its incorporation, and such historical, literary, 
art, and archaeological collections as it may acquire; but 
the yearly income of the said real and personal estate, 
over and above the sum which may be devoted to the in- 
crease and preservation of its library and collections, shall 
not at any time exceed the sum of one hundred thousand 
dollars. 

§ 3. This act shall take effect immediately. 



BY-LAWS. 



REVISED MAY, 1895 

AMENDED MARCH, 1900, NOVEMBER, 1902, JUNE 2, 1903. 
FEBRUARY 7, 1905, AND FEBRUARY 5, 1907 



BY-LAWS. 



NAME. 

I. The name of this Society is " The New- York His- 
torical Society." 

OBJECT. 

II. The object of the Society is to discover, procure, 
and preserve whatever may relate to the natural, civil, 
literary, and ecclesiastical history of the United States 
in general, and of the State of New York in particular. 
Also to establish and maintain collections in art and ar- 
chgeology. 

MEMBERS^ FELLOWS^ AND PATRONS. 

III. The Society shall consist of Members, Fellows, 
Patrons, and Honorary Members. Not more than four 
Honorary Members shall be elected in any one year. 
Members, Fellows, and Patrons only shall be entitled to 
vote or hold office in the Society. 

ELECTION OF MEMBERS^ FELLOWS^ AND PATRONS. 

IV. a. The candidates shall be proposed publicly at a 
meeting of the Society by a member thereof; and the 
nominations, together with the names of the members mak- 
ing them, shall be entered on the minutes, and be referred 
to the Executive Committee. The Eeports of that Com- 
mittee recommending candidates for election shall be 
openly read to the Society at a meeting subsequent to that 
at which the nominations were made ; and if any member 
demand a ballot, the election shall be by ballot, and three 
black balls shall exclude. If no ballot be demanded, the 
candidates, so recommended, shall be declared duly elected 
members of the Society. 

b. The contribution of five thousand dollars to the funds 
of the Society shall entitle the person giving the same to 

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26 THE NEAY-YORK HISTOEICAL SOCIETY. 

be nominated by the Executive Committee for election a3 
a Patron of the Society, and such Patron shall have the 
right in perpetuity with the privilege of appointing a suc- 
cessor. 

Xo future appointment of a successor shall be valid un- 
less the same shall be in writing, endorsed on or attached 
to the certificate, or by last will or testament. Should 
neither of these conditions be complied with, the Execu- 
tors or Administrators may nominate a successor, subject 
to the approval of the Executive Committee. 

c. The contribution of one thousand dollars shall entitle 
the person giving the same to be elected a Fellow for life. 
Patrons and Eellows shall be nominated by the Executive 
Committee. 

d. Any person may be nominated by the Executive Com- 
mittee to either of the above degrees who shall have given 
to the Society Books, Manuscripts, Collections of Art or 
Archseology, which shall have been accepted by the Execu- 
tive Committee, to the value of twice the amount in money 
requisite to his or her admission to the same degree, said 
value to be appraised by the Executive Committee, and 
the President and Secretary shall issue diplomas accord- 
ingly under the seal of the Society. 

FEES AND DUES. 

V. Each Member shall on admission pay an initiation 
fee of Twenty Dollars, which shall be considered to in- 
clude annual dues for the current year; and annually 
thereafter Ten Dollars as dues, payable in advance on the 
first day of January. Any Member may commute for 
life all fees and dues by the payment at any one time of 
the sum of One Hundred Dollars. Should any Member, 
other than a life Member, fail to pay the said fees and 
dues for two years successively, or at any time refuse to 
pay the same, the Executive Committee shall erase his 
name from the list of Members, and he shall no longer 
be a Member of the Society. 



BY-LAWS. 27 



OFFICERS. 



VI. The Officers of the Society are — a President, a 
First Vice-President, a Second Vice-President, a Foreign 
Corresponding Secretary, a Domestic Corresponding Sec- 
retary, a Recording Secretary, a Treasurer, and a Li- 
brarian. 

They shall he elected annually hy ballot, and shall hold 
their offices respectively for one year, and until others 
shall be chosen in their places. 

NOMINATING COMMITTEE. 

VII. Seven persons on the list of Members of the So- 
ciety, not holding office at the time, shall be chosen by 
ballot by the Executive Committee at its stated meeting 
in each I*Tovember, who shall be reported to the Society at 
each December meeting, and when approved by a vote by 
ballot of the Society shall constitute a committee to be 
known as the " ITominating Committee." Such iSTomi- 
nating Committee shall report in writing the names of 
Members of the Society, suitable to be elected officers at 
the annual meeting, fifteen days before such annual meet- 
ing, by posting such names publicly in the Library of the 
Society; and they shall cause to be prepared for the an- 
nual meeting ballots containing the names and the office 
for which each is thus recommended. ISTo ticket for offi- 
cers shall be voted on which has not been openly posted 
in the Library of the Society at least ten days before the 
annual meeting. 

In case more than one ballot for a ITominating Com- 
mittee be required to effect a choice, the same shall be taken 
immediately without discussion. 

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. 

VIII. The President, Vice-Presidents, Recording Sec- 
retary, Treasurer, and Librarian, together with twelve 
other members to be appointed by the President, and of 
whom one-fourth shall be appointed every year, shall con- 



.28 THE NEW-YOKK HISTORICAL SOCIETY. 

stitute a standing Committee to be called " The Execu- 
tive Committee." 

ANNUAL MEETING. 

IX. The Society shall hold an annual meeting on the 
first Tuesday of January in each and every year hereafter, 
at which a general election of officers by ballot shall take 
place. In such election a majority of the ballots given 
for any officer shall constitute a choice ; but if, on the first 
ballot, no person shall receive such majority, then a fur- 
ther balloting shall take place, in which a plurality of 
votes given for any officer shall determine the choice. 

Whenever the first Tuesday of January shall be the 
first day of January, the annual meeting above provided 
for shall be held on the Tuesday next following. 

VACANCIES. 

X. If a vacancy shall happen in any of the offices of 
the Society, it may be filled by special election at a stated 
meeting of the Society; and the person so elected to fill a 
vacancy shall hold his office for the unexpired term of 
his immediate predecessor in office, and until another 
shall be elected in his place. Vacancies in Committees 
shall be filled immediately on their occurrence, and in the 
manner of the original appointment of the Committee. 

STATED AND SPECIAL MEETINGS. 

XL The Society shall meet statedly for the transaction 
of business at its building, on the first Tuesday in every 
month, unless otherwise specially ordered. But the Presi- 
dent, or in his absence, either of the Vice-Presidents, may, 
and upon the written request of any five members shall, 
call a special meeting, giving three days' notice thereof, 
to be published in at least two public newspapers, printed 
in the City of New York. 

Whenever the first Tuesday of any month shall be a 
legal holiday, the meeting herein provided for shall be 
held on the Tuesday next following. 



BY-LAWS. 29 



ORDER OF BUSINESS. 



XII. At the stated meetings of the Society the follow- 
ing shall be the order of business : 

1. The reading of the minutes of the last meeting. 

2. Reports and communications from officers of the 
Society. 

3. Reports of the Executive and other standing Com- 
mittees. 

4. Reports of special Committees. 

5. Election of members previously proposed. 

6. Nomination of new members. 

7. Papers read and addresses delivered before the So- 
ciety. 

8. Miscellaneous business. 

ANNIVERSARY. 

XIII. The third Tuesday of ISTovember in each year, 
being the anniversary of the founding of the Society, the 
Executive Committee may direct a proper observance of 
the same. 

QUORUM. 

XIV. At all meetings of the Society, fifteen members 
shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. 

PRESIDING OFFICER. 

XV. The President, or, in his absence, one of the Vice- 
Presidents, or, in their absence, a Chairman 'pro tempore, 
shall preside at all meetings of the Society, and shall have 
a casting vote. He shall preserve order, and shall decide 
all questions of order, subject to an appeal to the Society. 
He shall also appoint all Committees authorized by the 
Society unless otherwise specially ordered. 

CORRESPONDING SECRETARIES. 

XVI. The Corresponding Secretaries shall conduct the 
general correspondence of the Society. They shall, at 



30 THE NEW-YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY, 

every meeting of the Society, report such letters and com- 
munications as tliey may have received ; they shall pre- 
pare all letters to be written in connection with the busi- 
ness or objects of the Society, and transmit the same ; but 
the Society may appoint a Committee to prepare a letter 
or letters, on any special occasion. They shall notify all 
members of their election, and of such other matters as 
they shall be directed by the Society; and shall transmit 
to them their proper diplomas, or certificates of member- 
ship. They shall keep, in suitable books to be provided 
for that purpose, true copies of all letters written on be- 
half of the Society ; and shall carefully preserve said cop- 
ies and the originals of all letters and com.munications re- 
ceived, and shall deposit the same in the Library. 

The duties of the Foreign Corresponding Secretary 
shall be limited to the correspondence with individuals 
or associate bodies in foreign countries; and those of the 
Domestic Corresponding Secretary shall, in like manner, 
be confined to the United States, except that, in the ab- 
sence of either of these oflBcers, or during a vacancy in 
either office, its duties shall be performed by the remain- 
ing incumbent, until such absence shall terminate, or the 
vacancy be supplied. 

KECOKDING SECKETARY. 

XVIT. The Recording Secretary shall have the charge 
of the Seal, Charter, By-Laws, and Records of the Soci- 
ety. He, together with the presiding officer, shall certify 
all acts of the Society. He shall, under the direction of 
the President, or either of the Vice-Presidents, give due 
notice of the time and place of all meetings of the So- 
ciety, and attend the same. He shall keep fair and accu- 
rate records of all the proceedings and orders of the So- 
ciety; and shall give notice to the several officers, and to 
the Executive and other Committees, of all votes, orders, 
resolves, and proceedings of tlie Society, affecting them 
or appertaining to their respective duties. 



^1 
BY-LAWS. 



TREASURER. 

XVIII The Treasurer shall collect and keep the funds 
and securities of the Society; and so often as these funds 
Itall amount to one hundred dollars they ff}^^^^ 
posited in some Bank in this City to the credit of The 
?je v-York Historical Society," and shall he drawn thence 
on the check of the Treasurer, for the purposes of the bo- 
"ej oS Out of these funds he shall pay such sums 
on^as may he ordered by the Society or % the » 
tiye Committee. He shall keep a ti-ue account of his re 
cTpt'and payments, and at each annual meting ™ide 
the same to the Society, .vben a Committee shall be ap . 
i-inintpd to audit his accounts. 

^ XIS If from the annual report of the Ti;easurer there 
shall appear to he a balance against the Treasury no 
app op'ation of money shall be made for any object bu 
"cessary current expenses of the Society, until such 
balance shall he paid. 

LIBRARIAN. 

XS The Librarian, in connection with the Executive 
Committee, shall have the charge and -P-^'-^f-^ 
of the Library, and the care and arrangem nt of the 
books, manuscripts, and other articles l^elonging to the 
Socio y. He shall cause to be prepared and kept a 
oocieiy. i jj j^ jj acknowl- 

proper catalogue and list of the same, xie 
ed.-e the receipt of donations to the Society in his de 
partiiient. He shall expend in the purchase of hooks and 
hrarticles, and for their safe keeping and pr™ 
tion with the approbation of the Executive Committee, 
ueh urns of money as shall from time to time he ap- 
;"r:pirted for that purpose, and -^^ voue^rs fo^ th 
Lie to the Executive Committee. He shall make to 
he Society, at each annual meeting, a full repor on the 
ondiL'and progress of the Library and col ections^ 
He shall have power to employ, at a salary to he ftxed 
fvth Executive Committee, an Assistant Librarian who 
shaU be under his direction, and perform such duties as 



32 THE NEW-YOEK HISTORICAL SOCIETY. 

he may assign; and -who, during the hours at which the 
Library is open, shall he always present. 

LIBRAEY' REGULATIONS. 

XXL The following shall be the regulations for the 
use of the Library: 

1. Ko book or manuscript shall at any time be lent to 

any person to be removed from the Library. 

2. No Manuscript in the Library, nor any paper read 

before the Society and deposited in its archives, 
shall be published, except by the direction of the 
Society, or with the consent of the Executive 
Committee. 

3. The hours during which the Library shall be open 

shall be determined, from time to time, by the 
Executive Committee. 

4. During such hours, any member of the Society may 

have free access to consult any book or manu- 
script, except such as may be designated by the 
Executive Committee, and to make extracts from 
the same under the authority of the Librarian. 
Any person, not a member, may obtain the like 
privilege of consultation from the President or 
Librarian, if known to them, or upon the recom- 
mendation of some other member, to whom the 
applicant is known. But no person, not a mem- 
ber, shall be permitted to make extracts from the 
manuscripts of the Society, excepting the donors 
or depositors of the same, without special author- 
ity from the Executive Committee. 

5. It shall be the duty of the Librarian, or his Assist- 

ant, to report to the Executive Committee any 
injury done to any book or manuscript by any 
person consulting the same ; and the said Com- 
mittee may, at their discretion, lay such reports 
before the Society. Eor any such injury, the 
person doing it shall make such pecuniary com- 
pensation as the said Committee shall judge 



BY-LAWS. ^^ 

proper; and if he be not a member, the Commit- 
tee shall have power to prohibit him from further 
access to the Library. 

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. 

XXII. It shall be the duty of the Executive Commit- 
tee to solicit and receive donations for the Society; to 
recommend plans for promoting its objects; to digest and 
prepare business; to authorize the disbursement and ex- 
penditure of unappropriated moneys in the Treasury, for 
the payment of salaries, current expenses, fitting up me 
Library, the ordinary purchase of books, binding, print- 
ing and other necessary outlays. They shall have power 
to employ such persons as may be necessary for the proper 
administration of the affairs of the Society ; and to pi;e- 
scribe their duties, and fix their salaries. They shall, m 
connection with the Librarian, have charge of the ar- 
rangement and regulation of the Library and collec ions ; 
and shall have authority at any time to examine into the 
condition of the same, and into the state of the finances; 
as also generally to superintend the interests of the So- 
ciety, and execute all such duties as may from time to 
time be committed to them by the Society. At each an- 
nual meeting of the Society, they shall make a general re- 
port Except during the summer vacation of the Society, 
they shall meet statedly for the transaction of business, 
once at least, in every month; and if any member of the 
Committee, not an officer of the Society, shall be absen 
from its meetings for three successive months, without 
reasons therefor satisfactory to the Committee, his place 
on the Committee shall be vacated, which fact shall be 
reported by the Committee to the Society. 

At all meetings of the Executive Committee, five mem- 
bers shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of busi- 
ness 

NUMBEK OF MEMBERS ON COMMITTEES. 

XXIII All Committees of the Society, other than the 
Executive Committee and Nominating Committee, shall 



34 THE NEW- YOKE HISTORICAL SOCIETY. 

be composed of three members, unless otherwise specially 
ordered. 

ALTERATION OF BY-LAWS. 

XXIV. JSTo alteration in the By-Laws of the Society 
shall be made, unless such alteration shall have been openly 
proposed at a previous meeting, and entered on the min- 
utes, with the name of the member proposing the same; 
and shall be adopted by a majority of the members present 
at a stated meeting of the Society. 



REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE 
COMMITTEE 

1908 



170 Central Park West, 
]^EW York, February 2, 1909. 

In transmitting a copy of the Annual Report of the 
Executive Committee for the year 1908, the attention of 
the Society is particularly called to the fact that it is 
essential to maintain in full and efficient strength the roll 
of Members. The decease of many of our oldest and best 
citizens, heretofore identified with the history, progress, 
and prosperity of the Society, has constantly diminished 
the membership, and it is hoped that each member will 
endeavor to propose at least one new candidate for ad- 
mission. 

By order of the Committee, 

ACOSTA ISTlCHOLS, 

Recording Secretary. 



REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE 
COMMITTEE. 



1908. 



The Executive Committee, in submitting the annual 
report of the present condition of the Society, desires to 
congratulate the members upon the occupation of the new 

building. 

The moving of the collections began on August 20, 1908. 
Owing to the rearrangement of the Library and collec- 
tions, the transfer was necessarily slow, and the new build- 
ino- was not thrown open until December 15th. 

"in the arrangement of the exhibits of the Society, the 
North Room on the main floor has been designated as the 
New York Room, containing portraits and some prints 
and relics relating to the history of the city. The South 
Room on the same floor has been set apart for an exhibi- 
tion of American Art. Over one hundred paintings, 
mainly portraits, have been hung in the corridors, the 
remaining being stored in the basement pending the com- 
pletion of the Art Gallery. _ 

The Abbott Collection of Egyptian Antiquities has been 
temporarily arranged in the corridors' until it can be 
finally located in the Museum. 

THE OERANDO PEERY DEXTER MEMORIAE. 

Mr. Henry Dexter, in April, 1908, offered to erect a 
permanent Memorial entrance to the Assembly Hall, de- 
signed in harmony with the future decorations of the 
building. The design called for a marble framework, m- 



38 THE NEW-YOEK HISTOEICAL SOCIETY. 

eluding mahogany doors, set in ornamental bronze jambs, 
and miillions, with Memorial Tablet commemorating Mr. 
Dexter's gifts in memory of his son. The doorway has 
been completed and adds greatly to the dignity of the 
entrance hall of the building. 

THE HENEY DEXTER HALL. 

Mr. Henry Dexter, realizing the great need of more 
room for our collections, generously offered to complete 
the Museum, which was not available for use, as the funds 
were lacking for the plastering, etc. In December he 
signed a contract for its completion, and the work is pro- 
gressing steadily, and will be completed about March 1st. 

As a mark of appreciation of his former munificence 
and of this gift, the Society, by resolution of December 1, 
1908, designated this room as " The Henry Dexter Hall." 

THE JOHN AESOP KING AND DEAN HOFFMAN MEMORIAL 

EOOM. 

The necessary funds for the erection of the furniture 
and book-stacks for the Library room have been provided 
for by Mrs. Eugene A. Hoffman, Mrs. John Henry Wat- 
son, Mrs. Thomas W. !N"ickerson, Mrs. Charles L. Hack- 
staff, Miss Louisa V. Hoffman, and Miss Margaret E. 
Hoffman, and the room is now supplied with a modern, 
up-to-date fireproof equipment. 

THE WILLIAM AXTELL DE PEYSTER AND MARY BEEKMAN 
DE PEYSTER MEMORIAL ROOM. 

This room contains an interesting and valuable collec- 
tion of portraits and family relics, presented by Miss 
Catharine Augusta De Peyster. A tablet has been erected 
on the exterior of the wall of the room in memory of their 
parents in the name of the three daughters, Catharine 
Augusta De Peyster, Cornelia Beekman De Peyster, and 
Elizabeth Van Rensselaer De Peyster. 



BEPOET OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. 



39 



MEMORIAL WINDOWS. 

Two memorial windows have been installed in the west 
wall of the Library. One from The Society of the Daugh- 
ters of Holland Dames, representing the arrival of Henry 
Hudson, desioTied by Mr. Calvert, of the Gorham Manu- 
facturing Company, the other presented by Mrs. Kussell 
Sage, depicting the " Eevocation of the Edict of Mantes, 
Miss Tillinghast, artist. 

THE OLD BUILDING. 

The sale of the old building has not as yet been accom- 
plished. Many offers have been received, but the price 
offered, in the judgment of the Trustees of the new build- 
ing, was not sufficient. _ • ^ ^ . . a 

During 1908, besides the annual meeting, eight stated 
meetings^ave been held, at which the following illustrated 
papers were delivered: 

February 4th.-" The Defences of the Hudson Kiver 
in the W.a^ of the Kevolution." By Kegmald Pelham 

Bolton. . " "Rv 

March od. " The Americanization ot i'anama. i:>y 

Edwin E. Slosson. . , ^- v i " 

April Tth.— "The Library in Colonial :New iork. 
By Austin Baxter Keep. ^ .^ r. + " "R.r 

May 5th.—" Indians of the iS^rth Pacific Coast. By 
Prof. Livingston Farrand, M.D. , t i ;i^^ 

Tune Od— -Three Thousand Miles through Labrador 
by Cano; and Dog Sledge." By Clifford H.Easton 
^^Wuber lOth^" Early History of the Yellowstone 
Park " By Miss Mary V. Worstell. 

December 1st.-" The First Raising of the Stars and 
Sti^peHu Battle.'' By Charles William Burrows, ot 
Cleveland, Ohio. 

The following were elected Patrons during 1908 : Amos 
Fc^ind Eno Mrs. Margaret E. Hackstaff Miss Loii^ 
Verplanck Hoffman, Mrs. John Henry Wa^on, Mis. 
Ma^aret Elmendorf Hoffman; and as Fellow, Mrs. 
Thomas W. Nickerson. 



40 



THE NEW-YORK HISTOEICAL SOCIETY. 



Tliirty-five new members were elected during the year, 
of which thirty-four have qualified, as follows : 



James II. Ackerman. 
Samuel S. Auchincloss. 
George Blagden. 
Henry M. Brookfield. 
Russell K. Cornell. 
Frederick H. Crum. 
Telamon Cuyler. 
George C. Dodd. 
Edwin A. Ely. 
Oliver M. Farrand. 
John Truitt FarreL 
Elizur Y. Foote. 
John A. Forster. 
Philip J. Goodhart. 
Walter C. Hubbard. 
Augustus S. Hutchins. 
Jennie E. Kent. 



Samuel W. Lambert. 
Andrew Little. 
James E. R. McEwen. 
Edwin C. Moller. 
Edw^ard C. Parish. 
J. Lester Parsons. 
James W. Rutherford. 
Edward B. Sexton, 
Charles E. Slocmn, M.D. 
Elliot Smith. 
William H. Truesdale. 
John R. Van Wormer. 
Gertrude Vedder Vermilye. 
Mrs. Thomas E. Vermilve. 
Frederick S. Wait. 
James J. Walsh, M.D. 
Theodore Wentz. 



The Committee notes wdth pleasure that since the occu- 
pation of the new building the number of candidates for 
membership has noticeably increased. Since December 
last forty-one new members have been proposed. 

To tlie list of deceased members thirty-eight names 
■were added : 



Frederic Wendell Jackson, 
First Y ice-President. 

George A. Adee. 
George V. N. Baldwin. 
John C. Barron, M.D. 
Oliver G. Barton. 
Louis D. Beck. 
Oliver H. P. Belmont. 
Matilda W. Bruce. 
Franklin Burdge. 
Grover Cleveland. 
Morgan Dix, D.D. 
Mrs. Nicholas Fish. 
Mrs. Margaret E. Hack- 
staff. 



James William Beekman, 
Member Executive Com. 

James D. Hague. 
William K. Hinman. 
James C. Holden. 
Clarence M. Hyde. 
William H. Jackson. 
Morris K. Jesup. 
Edward King. 
Henry Leeds. 
Franklin B. Lord. 
Isaac Walker Maclay. 
Charles C. Moreau. 
Hammond Odell. 
Siginund Oettinger. 



REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. 41 

Rt. Rev. Henry C. Potter, Edward W. Scott. 

D.D. ■ Charles H. L. Smith. 

William Rhinelander. William W. Smith. 

George P. Rowell. Townsend Wandell. 

W^illiam T. Salter. Benjamin C. Williams. 

George B. Sanford. George Wilson. 

The present number of members is : 

Honorary 11 

Patrons ". 20 

Fellows 40 

Life 500 

Annual 411 

Total 982 

For the continuation of the work of the Society, with 
the additional expenses in the care of the new building, 
the Committee urge the necessity of enlarging the roll of 
members. The present location of the Society is surely 
a field for the work of members in enlisting the interest 
of the residents of this section to avail themselves of 
membership. 

In the transaction of the business intrusted to its care 
the Executive Committee held eighteen meetings. 

The report of the Treasurer exhibits a continuance of 
the careful management of the funds of the Society. The 
institution has no debts, no mortgage upon its buildings 
or collections, and no outstanding bills. The income dur- 
ing the past year from all sources, including balance car- 
ried over from 1907, for general purposes was $36,496.13. 
The expenditures were $35,565.06. The receipts combine 
fees of initiation, life memberships, annual dues, and 
interest from permanent funds of the Society. 

GENERAL FUNDS. 

The Eugene Augustus Hoffman Memorial Fund, 
$50,000. The legacy of Dean Hoffman, 1902, late Presi- 
dent of the Society. 



42 THE NEW-YORK HISTOEICAL SOCIETY. 

Also from the following perinanent funds, bequests to 
the Society without restrictions and kept intact as memo- 
rials to their founders : 

The Isaiah Thomas Fund. The legacy of Isaiah 
Thomas, of Worcester, Mass., in 1832, $300. 

The Elizabeth Demilt Fund. The legacy of Miss 
Elizabeth Demilt, of Xew York, in 1849, $5,000. 

The Seth Grosvenor Fund. The legacy of Seth Gros- 
venor, of New York, in 1858, $10,000. 

The David E. Wheeler Fund. The legacy of David 
E. Wheeler, of Xew York, in 1870, $1,000. 

The Thomas Barron Fund. The legacy of Thomas 
Barron, of :N^ew York, in 1875, $10,000. 

The Richard E. Mount Fund. The legacy of Richard 
E. Mount, of Xew York, in 1880, $1,000. 

The Edivard Bill Fund. The legacy of Edward Bill, 
of Is^ew York, in 1884, $5,000. 

The Augustus Schell Fund. The legacy of Augustus 
Schell, of New York, in 1884, $5,000. 

The Mary Rogers Fund. The legacy of Mrs. Charles 
H. Rogers, of New York, in 1891, $1,000. 

TJie James Francis Evans Fund. The legacy of Cap- 
tain James Francis Evans, of New York, in 1893, $1,000. 

Tlie Flenry Keteltas Fund. The legacy of Henry 
Keteltas, of New York, in 1898, $5,000. 

Tlie Charles P. Daly Fund. The legacy of Charles P. 
Daly, of New York, in 1900, $5,000. 

The Maria Branson Mount Fund. The legacy of Miss 
Maria Branson Mount, of New York, in 1901, $1,000. 

The Charlotte A. Mount Fund. The legacy of Miss 
Charlotte A. Mount, of New York, in 1906, $2,000. 

The Amos F. Eno Fund. The gift of Mr. Eno, 1908, 
$20,000. 

TJie Founders' Fund. Subscribed by members of the 
Society, $4,708.33, making an aggregate of $127,009.33, 
the interest of which is applicable to the general purposes 
of the Society. 



REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. 43 

The Committee desires to call the attention of the mem- 
hers to the importance of increasing the amount _ol the 
"Founders' Fund" to at least $10,000, by subscriptions 
'of any amount from $10 upward, the idea being to have 
a -eneral fund to which any member may subscribe. 



SPECIAL FUNDS. 



The John D. Jones Fund. Founded by JohnDivme 
Jones, of New York, in 1870, for the publication and 
sale by the Society of works relating to the early history 
of Xew York and other American Provinces, $6,000. 
This fund now amounts to $5,325.07. In accordance with 
the terms of this trust, the Society has published the fol- 
lowing volumes, copies of which may be obtained at the 
Library : 

I - History of New York during the Kevolutionary 
War " by Thomas Jones ; edited by Edward F. de Lancey. 
With Notes, Contemporary Documents, Maps and Por- 
traits. 8vo, two volumes. New York, 1879. Price, $15. 

II "The Journal of a Voyage from Charlestown,. 
S C to London, Undertaken During the American Kevo- 
lution," by a Daughter of an Eminent American Loyalist 
(touisa Susannah Wells). 8 vo, pp. 132. Portrait and 
facsimile. New York, 1906. Price, $2. 

The Fund of the Sons of Rhode Island, the gift of the 
Association in New York known by that name during the 
Civil War, presented in 1866, the income to be devoted 
to the purchase of works for the Library relating to the 
history of Rhode Island, $600. 

The Stephen Whitney Ph<,nix Fund. The bequest of 
Stephen Whitney Phoenix, of New York, m 1882, for the 
niaintenance and increase of the Phcenix Collection of 
Heraldry and Genealogy, $15,000. 

The Burr Gallery Fund. The bequest of Louis Durr 
1882, for the increase of the Durr Collection of Paint- 
ings,' $8,000. 



44 THE NEW-YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY. 

Tlie John Watts de Peyster Publication Fund. Orig- 
inally designated as the Publication Fund in 1858, the 
name of the fund was changed by order of the Society, 
October 0, 1908, to conform with the conditions of the 
bequest of the late General John Watts de Peyster. 

The object of the fund as established in 1858 was for 
the publication of the proceedings and collections of the 
Society. The dividends consist of the volumes already 
published, together with the future publications. No sin- 
gle copies can be purchased. Of the shares of the capital 
stock of this fund, limited in number to 1,000, 833 have 
been sold up to the present time, as follows : T50 shares 
were sold prior to June G, 1866, at $25 per share; subse- 
quently the price of each share was advanced to $50, and 
30 shares were sold at this figure ; the price of shares was 
again advanced, January 1, 1883, to $100 per share; 
since then 52 shares have been sold, making a total, of 
which, w^ith the bequest of John Watts de Peyster of 
$23,882.74, makes a grand total of $49,432.74, the income 
of which is used for the publication of the successive 
volumes of the series. With the additional capital, the 
Committee reports that they hope to publish two volumes 
each year. 

The memljers are earnestly requested to ]iurchase the 
167 shares in the Fund remaining unsold. These shares 
are transferable, and each share carries with it the thirty- 
five volumes already published, and succeeding volumes 
to be printed, consisting of original material relating to 
American history. The price of the shares, by order of 
the Society, wnll be increased to $200 on and after April 
1st next. The members are requested to take advantage 
of the present price and purchase the remaining unsold 
shares to complete fund before April 1st. 

Thirty-five volumes have been issued, containing the 
following valuable material: 



EEPOET OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMIITEE. 



45 



Vol. I. (1868) The Continuation of Chalmers's Political 
Annals of the American Colonies, 1685- 
1696. The Colden Letters on Smith's 
History of Xew York, 1759-1760. 
Documents relating to the Administra- 
tion of Jacob Leisler, 1689-1769. 

Vol. II. (1869) The Clarendon Papers, relating to Xew 
York and Xew England, 1662-1667. 
The Destruction of Schenectady, 1690. 
Montague's Arguments on Acts of iSTew 
York Assembly, 1701. Colden's Let- 
ter on Smith's History of ISTew York, 
1759. Plowden's N^ew Albion, 1632- 
1650. Gardiner's History of East 
Hampton, jSTew York, 1798. Collection 
of Evidence and Vindication of the 
Rights of jSTew York to the ^STew 
Hampshire Grants. 

Vol. III. (1870) Territorial Rights of New York against 
the Government of New Hampshire, 
a brief, by James Duanc. Old New 
York and Trinity Church, 1730-1790. 
Sermon by the Rev. Francis Makemie, 
1707. 



VoLIV. (1871)' 
VoL V. (1872) 
Vol. VL (1873) 
Vol VIL (187i) 



The Papers of Major-General Charles 
Lee, 1754-1811. 



Vol. VIII. (1875) Letters of General Pattison, Com- 
mandant of New York City, 1779- 
1780. Letters to General Lewis 
Morris, 1775-1782. 



46 THE NEW-YOEK HISTORICAL SOCIETY. 

V 1 TY /'IS'zr^ 1 Official Letter-Books of Lieuteuant- 

V 1 X MS^^~^ r Governor Cadwalader Golden, IT GO- 

J 1« iO. 

Vol. XI. (1878) Papers of Charles Thomson, Secretary 
of the Continental Congress, 1765- 
1816, Letters of Colonel Armand, 
1777-1791. Letters to Robert Mor- 
ris, 1775-1782. 

Vol. XIL (1879) Trial of General Schuyler, 1778. Trial 
of General Eobert Howe, 1781. 
Journal of Commissary Rainsford, 
enlistment of Hessian troops, 1776- 

1778. 

Vol. XIIL (1880) Trial of General St. Clair, 1778. 
Journal of Occurrences at Quebec, 
1775-1770. • Case of William At- 
wood. Chief Justice of Xew York, 
1703. Vesey's Sermon in Trinity 
Church, at the Funeral of Lord 
Lovelace, 1709. Letter of Dominie 
Michaelius, Lirst Minister in Xew 
Xetherland, 1628. Records of the 
Court of Lieutenancy, K'ew York 
Militia, 1686-1696. 

Vol. XIV. (1881) Journals of the Engineer Officers, 
Colonel James and Captain John 
Montressor, of services in America, 

1757-1778. 

Vol. XV. (1882) Journal of Lieutenant Von Krafft, of 

the Hessian Army, 1776-1 78L 

Letter-Book of Captain Alexander 

McDonald, of the Royal Highland 

. Emiei-ants, 1775-1779. 



EEPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. 



47 



Vol. XVI. (1883) , 
Vol. XVII. (1884) 



r Papers of Lieutenant-Colonel Ste- 
XDhen Kemble, Adjutant-General 
of the British Army in America, 
Journals and Correspondence, 
1775-1789. General Orders of 
the British Army in America, 
1775-1778. Journals, Docu- 
ments, and Correspondence of the 
Expedition to Nicaragua, 1780- 
l 1781. 

Vol. XVIII. (1885) The Burgher Right and Roll of 

Burghers of New Amsterdam, 
1648-1661: Roll of Freedom of 
Xew York City, 1675-1866. 
Register of Indentures of Ap- 
prentices of Xew York City, 
1694-1708. 



Vol. 
Vol. 
Vol. 
Vol. 
Vol. 

Vol. 
Vol 



Vol. 

Vol. 

Vol. 

Vol. 

Vol. 

Vol. 

Vol. 

Vol. 

Vol. 

Vol. 

Vol 
Vol 



The Deane Papers, Correspon- 
■ dence. Official and Private, of 
Silas Deane, 1774-1789. 



XIX. (1886) 

XX. (1887) 

XXI. (1888) 

XXII. (1889) 

XXIII. (1890) J 

XXIV. (1891) Muster Rolls of Xew York Provin- 

cial Troops, 1755-1764. 
XXV (1892) Abstracts of Wills on file in the 
Surrogate's Office, City of Xew 
York, 1665-1707. 

XXVI. (1893) Same, 1708-1729, with Appendix. 

XXVII. (1894) Same, 1730-1744. 

XXVIII. (1895) Same, 1744-1753. 

XXIX. (1896) Same, 1754-1760. 
XXX (1897) Same, 1760-1766. 

XXXI. (1898) Same, 1766-1771. 

XXXII. (1899) Same, 1771-1776. 

XXXIII. (1900) Same, 1777-1783. 

XXXIV. (1901) Same, 1780-1782. 

XXXV. (1902) Abstracts of Tnrecorded Wiiis 
prior to 1790. 

, XXXVI. (1903) I ^ p,.^^^,_ 
, XXXVII. (1904) r"^"'- 



48 THE NEW- YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY. 



BUILDING FUND. 

Payments during 1908 have been made for furniture, 
book-stacks, and part payment for moving the collections, 
etc., leaving a balance on December 31, 1908, of $1,86T.82. 

The Trustees of the new building acknowdedge with 
thanks subscriptions from our Foreign Corresponding Sec- 
retary of $2,000, and from Mr. Samuel P. Averv of $250 
for the erection of an additional story on the main book- 
stack. Mr. Huntington also subscribed $1,000, to be used 
toward the expense of moving the collections. 

Tlie balances to the credit of the Society are as follows : 
T. In the Union Trust Company. Annual 
dues, interest, etc., for current ex- 
penses $931.07 

J I. In tlie Union Trust Company. Interest 

of the Phcenix Fund -177.80 

III. In the Union Trust Company. Durr 

Gallery Fund 165.89 

IV. In the l^Qw York Life Insurance and 

Trust Company. Publication Fund 25,<)40.12 
V. In the Xew York Life Insurance and 
Trust Company. John Divine 

Jones Fund 975.07 

VI. In the N^ew^ York Life Insurance and 

Trust Company. Founders' Fund. 308.33 
VII. In the Central Trust Company. Build- 
ing Fund 1,867.82 

The Librarian reports that the arrangement of books is 
not complete, the volumes covering heraldry, biogTaphy, 
genealog}^, magazines and newspapers, local histories of 
the various states and Canada, have been placed on their 
permanent shelves. At present the arrangement of Mex- 
ico, Central America, West Indies, South America, and 
Voyages and Travels is under way, to be followed by 
poetry, political economy, etc. 



REPORT OF THE EXECUTITE COMMITTEE. 49 

The additions to the Library for the year have been 
2,942 volumes of books, 7,566 pamphlets, 619 boimd vol- 
umes, and 451 numbers of newspapers, 10 volumes and 
68 separate manuscripts, 266 maps, 388 broadsides, 58 
lithographs, 53 engravings and 129 engraved portraits, 
519 photographs, and 96 caricatures. 

The following additions have been made to the Art 
Gallery during 1908: 

Portrait of David Leavitt. Painted in 1872 by Stearns. 
Presented by* Mrs, James M. Lincoln ; Portrait of John 
B. Hall. Painted by Henry Inman. Portrait of Mrs. 
John B. Hall. Painted by Henry Inman. Portrait of 
Mrs. Maria Carpenter. Portrait of George Carpenter. 
Portrait of Francis A. Hall. Presented by the Misses 
Helen L. and Evelina S. Hall. 

The Society received the following bequest of the late 
Matilda Wolfe Bruce: Portrait of her father, George 
Bruce, painted by Daniel Huntington, and a painting, 
" Escape of the Constitution," by Thomas Birch. Also 
a gold medal presented to her sister, Catharine Wolfe 
Bruce, by the Grand Duke of Baden in recognition of 
aid given by her in promoting the study of astronomical 
science at Heidelberg Observatory. 

The original sepia drawing of Ise^v York, by J. W. Hill, 
1852, from which the view of " ^ew York " in 1855 was 
engraved by C. Mottram and published by G. W. Smith, 
was presented by Mr. Daniel Parish, Jr. 

Miss Susan Mount presented 122 pieces of American 
and foreign coins, collected by her brother, the late 
Richard E. Mount, a member of the Society. 

A surveyor's monument, which stood at Twenty-sixth 
Street and Eourth Avenue, used by the commissioners in 
laying out the City of 'New York north of Houston Street, 
1807-1811, was presented by the Madison Square Garden 
Company. 

The Gallery of Art now embraces, in addition to the 
Society's early collection of paintings and sculpture, a 
large and important gallery of portraits ; together with the 



50 THE NEW-YOEK HISTORICAL SOCIETY. 

collection, transferred to the Society in 1858, of the Xew 
York Gallery of Fine Arts, including the Reed Collec- 
tion, the pictures belonging to the American Art Union 
at its dissolution; the original water-colors, 460 in num- 
ber, by Audubon, for his work on Xatural History, from 
which his elephant folio edition of birds, etc., was pre- 
pared; the Bryan Gallery of Old Masters, presented to 
the Society by the late Thomas J. Bryan in 1867; and 
the Durr Collection, selected and presented by the execu- 
tors of the late Louis Durr, in accordance with the terms 
of his will in 1881. The Peter Marie Collection of 
Miniatures, 284 in mmiber, presented to the Society in 
1905. The number of paintings is now 944, of which 
226 form the nucleus of an American portrait gallery. 

In the Department of Antiquities, the larger collections 
consist of the Abbott Collection of Egyptian Antiquities, 
purchased for the Society in 1859, and the ISTineveh sculp- 
tures, presented by the late James Lenox in 1857. 

The Society is desirous of securing for the Gallery of 
Art the following portraits to complete the series of paint- 
ings of its Presidents : 

David Hosack, M.D., Fourth President, 1820-1827. 
Morgan Lewis, Sixth President, 1832-1835. 
Peter Gerard Stuyvesant, Seventh President, 1836- 
1839. 

Hamilton Fish, Twelfth President, 1867-1869. 

In conclusion, the Executive Committee reports that 
since the occupation of the new building the running ex- 
penses have materially increased, and the wants of the 
Society in this respect call for active support of the 
members. 

IMMEDIATE NEEDS OF THE SOCIETY. 

1. A decided increase of members. 

2. A proper endowment, to keep and hold the rank and 
position of the Society. This endowment could be secured 
by members and friends of the institution in the estab- 
lishment of Memorial Funds. 



EEPOET OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. 51 

3 Establishment of Memorial Funds in memory of the 
Pre'sidents; since its organization in 1804 only one memo- 
rial fnnd of the Presidents has been received. _ 

4 The present building being inadequate for the exhi- 
bition of the Gallery of Art and Museum, the buildmg 
should be set aside for Library purposes and members^ 
The north and south wings should be erected soon Each 
building could be very properly erected as a Memorial 
Building, in order that the treasures of the Society so 
long held in trust, may be suitably placed before the public. 

Daniel Parish, Jr., 
Chairman Executive Committee. 



FOUNDER'S FUND— SUBSCRIBERS. 



Anderson, John, Jr. 
Andrews, \\illiam Loring. 
Avery, Samuel P, 
Barton, Oliver Grant. 
Beekman, James William. 
Benedict, Henry H. 
Benson, Charles B. 
Benson, Egbert. 
Bull, Charles C. 
Camp, Charles Martin. 
Carhart, Aniory iSibley. 
Collamere, Marion Davis. 
Cooper, Theodore. 
Crane, ^^■arren C. 
Davis, Chandler. 
Davis, Gherardi. 
Delafield, Maturin L. 
Delano, Warren, Jr. 
De Luze, Philip Schuyler. 
De Peyster, Gen. J. Watts. 
Deyo, Robert E. 
Du Pont, Henry A. 
Dwight, Frederick. 
Ely, Ambrose K. ' 

Giles, Stephen W. 
Glover, Mrs. James A. 
Greene, Alister. 
Greenwood, Isaac J. 
Hackstaff, Charles L. 
Hackstaff, Mrs. Charles L. 
Harper, John. 
Harris, William H. 
Havemeyer, John C. 
Hoffman, Charles Frederick. 
Hoflfnian, Eugene Augustus. 
Hoffman, Mrs. Eugene Augustus. 
Hoffman, Louisa Verplanck. 
Hoffman, Margaret Elmendorf. 
Hoffman, Samuel Verplanck. 
Hoffman, Mrs. Samuel Verplanck. 
Hoffman, William Mitchell Vail. 
Holden, James C. 
Huntington, Archer Milton. 
Jackson, Frederic Wendell. 
Jackson, Theodore F. 



Jackson, William H. 

Jay, William. 

Jones, Rev. Henry L. 

Judge, John H. 

Kelby, Charles Hendre. 

Kelby, Robert H. 

Keteltas, Alice. 

King, George Gordon. 

Lansing, Abraham, Memorial. 

Lansing, Mrs. Abraham. 

Lefferts, Marshall C. 

McKesson, Irving. 

McKesson, John, Jr. 

Morris, Fordham. 

Nichols, Acosta. 

Nichols, George L. 

Noble, Francis L. 

Olcott, J. Van "X^echten. 

Perry, Alexander. 

Phillips, N. Taylor. 

Post, Abram S. 

Preston, Lewis Butler. 

Riker, Samuel. 

Rude-Jacobsen, Mrs. Hans. 

Schell, F. Robert, 

Sherman, Charles A. 

Sherman, Mrs. Charles A. 

Sherman, Corinne A. 

Steers, James R. 

Stevens, Frederic W. 

Stokes, Anson Phelps. 

Storm, Clarence. 

Suydam, Walter L. 

Tailer, Edward N. 

Tompkins, Hamilton B. 

Towne, Paul R. 

Van Amringe, Guy. 

Van Amringe, J. Howard. 

Van De ^Vater. George R., D.D. 

Verplanck, William Gordon. 

Watson, Mrs. J. Henry. 

Wciidell. Evert Jansen. 

White, John J., Jr. 

Willcox, David. 

Woodruff, Francis E. 



52 



ABSTRACT OF TREASURER'S 
REPORT. 

1908 



ABSTRACT OF TREASURER'S 
REPORT. 

1908 



General Account: 

Balance Jan. 1st, 1908 $4,350 66 

Receipts for 1908 32,145 47 

$36,496 13 

Payments for 1908 35,565 06 

Balance in Union Trust Co., of which $100 is principal $931 07 
Phoenix Fund (Interest): 

Balance Jan. 1st, 1908 $263 97 

Receipts 682 08 

$946 05 

Payments 468 25 

Balance in Union Trust Co $477 80 

Publication Fund: 

Receipts and Principal $29,166 77 

Payments 3,526 65 

Balance in New York Life Insurance & Trust Co. . $25,640 12 

Founders Fund : 

Bond and Mortgage at 4^ per cent $3,600 00 

Loaned to Building Fund at 5 per cent 800 00 

In New York Life Insurance & Trust Co ... . 308 33 

$4,708 33 

Investment of Funds. 

Eugene Augustus Hoffman Memorial Fund : 

Bond and Mortgage, at 4i and 5 per cent $49,900 00 

Amos F. Eno Fund: 

Bond and Mortgage, at 5 per cent 20,000 00 

Grosvenor Fund : 

Bond and Mortgage, at 5 per cent $6,000 00 

" " at 4 percent 1,000 00 

Loaned to Building Fund at 5 per cent 3,000 00 

— 10,000 00 

Barron Fund : Bond and Mortgage, at 4| per cent 10,000 00 

Demilt Fund " " at 4h per cent 5,000 00 

Bill Fund " " at 4^ per cent 5,000 00 

SchellFund " " at 4 i per cent 5,000 00 

Wheeler Fund " " at 5 percent 1,000 00 

Thomas Fund " " at 5 percent 300 00 

Sons of R. I. " " at 5 per cent 600 00 

Daly Fund, Loaned to Building Fund at 5 per cent 5,000 00 

Maria Branson Mount Fund, Loaned to Building Fund at 

5 per cent 1,000 00 

Richard E.MountFund, Bond and Mortgage, at 4^ per cent. 1,000 00 

Charlotte A. Mount Fund " " at 4h per cent. 2,000 00 

Rogers Fund " " at 5 percent. 1,000 00 

Keteltas Fund " " at 4 per cent. 5,000 00 
Evans Fund: Bond of Forty-second Street, Manhattanville 

6 St. Nicholas Avenue R. R. Co., at 6 per cent 1,000 00 

54 



ABSTRACT OF TREASURER'S REPORT. 55 



Jones Fund : 

Bond and Mortgage, at 5 and 4h per cent. . $4,350 00 
In New York Life Insurance & Trust Co . . 975 07 



$5,325 07 



Durr Gallery Fund : 

Bond and Mortgage, at 4h per cent $8,000 00 

In Union Trust Co. — Interest 165 89 

8,165 89 

Publication Fund : 

Bond and Mortgage, at 5 per cent $11,850 00 

at 4 percent 1.000 00 

at 4^ per cent 12,400 00 

Loaned to Building Fund at 5 per cent . . . 200 00 

25,450 00 

Phoenix Fund : 

Bond and Mortgage, at 4| per cent 15,000 00 

Building Fund in Central Trust Co $1,867 82 



Total $210,366 10 

CHARLES A. SHERMAN, 

Treasurer. 



I 



MEMBERS OF 

THE NEW-YORK HISTORICAL 
SOCIETY. 

FEBRUAEY, 1909. 



HONORARY MEMBERS. 



Bigelow, John New York 1869 

Bryce, James England 1907 

Clarke, Sir Caspar Purdon New York 1906 

Davidson, Randall Thomas, D.D England 1904 

Dewey, George U. S. N. 1898 

Hispanic Society of America New York 1907 

Hughes, Charles Evans " 1907 

Odell, Benjamin B., Jr " 1901 

Peary, Robert Edwin U. S. N, 1906 

Reid, Whitelaw New York 1905 

Roosevelt, Theodore " 1899 



PATRONS. 



•f Bruce, Catherine Wolfe. 

•J. Bruce, Matilda Wolfe. 

■i« Clark, Alfred Corning. 

De Peyster, Catharine Augusta 

Dexter, Henry. 

Eno, Amos Ferdinand. 

•i" Hackstaff , Mrs. Charles 

dovic. 
•J" Hoffman, Rev. Eugene 

gustus. 
Hofl'man, Louisa Verplanck. 
Hoffman, Samuel Verplanck 
Huntington, Archer Milton. 
►i« Jones, John Divine. 
Kenned,y, John S. 
•J«King, .John Alsop. 



Lu- 



Au- 



Morgan, J. Pierpont. 
•fiilount, Charlotte A. 
Mount, Susan. 
•f-Schell, Mrs. Augustus. 
Schell, F. Robert. 
•f.Schell, Robert, 
■fi Schermerhorn, W'illiam C. 
Sherman, Charles A. 
"J. Stuart, Mrs. Robert L. 
Stuyvesant, Robert Van Rens- 
selaer. 
Thompson, Mrs. Frederick F. 
•J. Vanderbilt, Cornelius. 
Vanderbilt, George W. 
Watson, ]\Irs. John Henry. 



Patroxs 
By Succession. 



Baker, Charlotte S. 
Clark, Stephen Carlton. 
Hackstaff, Charles Ludovic. 
Hoffman, Mrs. Eugene Augustus. 



i^Maccafiil, Charlotte Mount. 
Scherraerhorn, Frederic Augustus. 
Vanderbilt, Alfred Gwynne. 



•{.Deceased. 



59 



FELLOWS. 



Astor, William Waldorf. 
Auchmuty, Mrs. Richard T. 
•!• Austin, William. 
•i« Avery, Samuel P. 
•J«Babcock, Samuel D. 
Baker, George F. 
•J«Banyer, Goldsborough. 
Beekman, Gerard. 
Billings, Frederick. 
Bliss, Coi-nelius N. 
•f< Bliss, George. 
Clark, Edward S. 
•i« Constable, James M. 
•fiCook, Henry H. 
Cutting, R. Fulton. 
Cutting, W. Bayard. 
•Ji Delano, Franklin H. 
»f.Dows, David. 
>J« Dubois, Abram, M.D. 
»J«Ely, Ambrose K. 
Fahnestock, Harris C. 
•f- Fayervveather, Daniel B. 
•fi Field, Benjamin H. 
•J«Fish, Nicholas. 
4. Greene, Martin E. 
Greenwood, Isaac J. 
■{•Herrman, Henry. 
Herrman, Mrs. Henry, 
»!• Hoffman, Mrs. Charles Fred- 
erick. 
Hoffman, Mrs. Eugene Augustus. 
•fHoyt, Charles A. 
•J. Huntington, CoUis P. 
•J«Iselin, Adrian. 
Isham, William B. 
•f Jackson, Frederic Wendell, 
•r Jackson, William H. 
Jackson, William H. 



Jesup, Mrs. Morris K. 

•f" Kennedy, Rachel L. 

King, Mary Rhinelander. 

Langdon, Woodbury G. 

Lanier, Charles. 

Lawton, Mrs. James M. 

•J. Livingston, Robert J. 

•J«Marquand, Henry G. 

Mills, Darius O. 

Morton, Levi P. 

Nickerson, Mrs. Thomas W. 

Parish, Daniel, jr. 

Parsons, Mrs. John E. 

Phipps, Henry. 

Phoenix, Lloyd. 

Phoenix, Phillips. 

•fi Potter, Orlando B. 

•fiPyne, Percy R. 

•J. Rhinelander, Julia. 

Rhinelander, Serena. 

•J* Rogers, Mrs. Charles H. 

•fiSkidmore, William L. 

•J* Sloan, Samuel. 

Sloane, William D. 

Speyer, James. 

•J. Stewart, David. 

Stokes, Caroline Phelps. 

Storm, Clarence. 

Sturges, Frederick. 

Thome, Phebe Anna. 

•J. Tiffany, Charles L. 

Tilford, Frank. 

Vanderbilt, William K. 

Von Post, Herman C. 

•J-Weekes, John A. 

►fi White, Mrs. Joseph M. 

•J. Williams, George G, 

•f-Winthrop, Robert. 



•Ji Deceased. 



60 



ANNUAL AND LIFE MEMBERS. 



tAbbe, Cleveland 1880 

tAbbe, Mrs. Robert 1897 

tAbeel, George 1896 

tAckerman, James H 1908 

t Adams, Edward D 1904 

tAdee, Philip H 1857 

tAldrich, Mrs. James Her- 
man 1902 

tAlexander, Charles Beatty.1896 
Alexander, John Franklin. .1871 

Allien, Mrs. Frederick 1893 

Anderson, John, jr 1902 

t Andrews, Blanche L 1887 

Andrews, Gwynne M 1907 

t Andrews, James B 1857 

t Andrews, William L 1857 

Anjou, Gustave 1903 

t Appleby, Charles E 1857 

fArmstrong, Samuel T., 

M.D 1906 

^tAstor, William Waldorf. . .1879 
tAiichincloss, Samuel Sloan. 1908 
^tAuchmuty, Mrs. Richard 

T 1901 

tAvery, Samuel P., jr 1903 

Ayres, Steven Beckwith 1902 

fBacon, Charlotte V .1888 

Bacon, Leon Brooks 1902 

Baker, Charles, jr 1903 

Baker, Frederic 1898 

■^Baker, George F 1879 

Balch, Collins L 1901 

jBaJl, Thomas R 1902 

Banks, David, jr 1898 

Banks, James Lenox 1896 



Banta, Theodore M 1887 

Barclay, David 1901 

tBarclay, Sackett M 1907 

tBarger, Milton S 1896 

jBarger, Samuel F 1883 

fBames, Cora F 1903 

Barnes, Herbert Seymour. . .1907 

tBartlett, Franklin 1880 

Bauerdorf, Charles F 1909 

Baylies, Edmund L 1893 

^tBeekman, Gerard 1875 

Beekman, John Neilson,M.D.1897 
Beekman, Mrs. William B..1902 

tBelcher, Henry W 1857 

tBell, Jared Weed 1897 

fBelmont, August 1902- 

fBelmont, Perry 1857 

tBenedict, Erastus C 1867 

fBenedict, Henry H 1902 

tBenedict, James 1864 

fBenkard, Henry R 1857 

fBenson, Charles B 1905 

fBenson, Egbert 1888 

tBenson, Robert 1887 

Berwind, Edward J 1901 

tBetts, George W 1857 

Betts, Wyllys Rosseter 1906 

tBevan, Llewelyn D., D.D...188a 

tBickmore, Albert S 1869 

tBigelow, Poultney 188^ 

fBiglow, L. Horatio 1903 

^tBillings, Frederick 1893 

Bingham, George F 1903 

tBishop, Cortlandt Field 1871 

tBishop, David Wolfe, jr... 1875 
tBishop,Louis Faugeres,M.D. 1905 
tBissell, Rev. Pelham St. G..1887 



61 



62 



THE NEW-YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY. 



^tBliss, Coi-nelius N 1877 

fBIiss, Cornelius N., jr 1897 

fBogert, Henry Lawrence. .. 1892 

Bolton, Reginald Pelham 1902 

Bond, Frank S 1893 

tBoorman, J. Marcus ISo-l 

Borman, Adolph H 1907 

Bostwick, Henry A 1S97 

Bosworth, Mrs. Francke H..1902 

Boucher, Charles 1900 

Bourne, William 1907 

tBowdoin, George S 1907 

fBowen, Clarence Winthrop. 1885 

Brady, John I 1909 

Brett, Cornelius, D.D 1905 

Brewer, John 1907 

Brewster, Samuel Dwight. . . 1900 

tBriggs, Charles A., D.D 1884 

Britton, Charles P 1893 

tBrodhead, Eugenia 1874 

fBrokaw, George Tuttle 1900 

Bronson, Mayhew 1909 

Brookfield, Henry Morgan.. 1908 

tBrooks, Emerson 1899 

Brower, William L 1880 

Brown, Rev. Abbott 1892 

Brown, Addison 1863 

Brown, Charles Hilton 1904 

tBrown, Edward F 1875 

tBrown, Egerton 1875 

Bro\^Ti, George AIcKesson. . . 1909 

Brown, John Crosby 1873 

tBrown, John Potts 1852 

tBrown, Robert 1 1851 

tBrowning, J. Hull 1903 

Brownne, John S 1901 

tBrugler, Rev. Charles Ed- 
ward 1904 

Buchman, Albert 1905 

Bulkley, Edward Addison. . .1902 

Bulkley, Edwin M 1905 

Bull, Charles C 1897 

tBull, Robert Maclay 1902 

tBull, William Lanman 1900 

Burgess, Edward S 1903 

tBurrell, David J., D.D 1890 

Burrows, Charles William. .1900 



tBurton, Thomas J 1901 

Butler, Emily O 1902 

tButler, Nicholas Murray. . .1905 



tCameron, Mrs. A. Scott... 


.1896 


Camp, Charles Martin .... 


.1900 


tCannon, Henry Brevoort. . 


.1907 


tCannon, Henry W 


.1895 


tCarhart, Amory Sibley... 


.1882 


Caraey, Sydney H., jr., M.D. 


.1893 


tCarpender, William 


.1892 


tCarpenter, Charles L 


.1904 


tCarroll, Royal Phelps 


.1888 


Cary, John Watson 


.1907 


Chapin, Samuel Austin... 


. 1909 


tChauncey, Elihu 


.1882 


tChauncey, Henry 


.1857 


tCheesman, T. Matlack, M.D.1904 


Chew, Beverly 


.1898 


Clark,- Alzamore H 


.1905 


^tClark, Edward S 


.1901 


tClark, Henry Austin 


.1899 


Clark, L. Vaughan 


.1906 


tCIark, William A 


.1895 


Clarke, Charles L 


.1897 


Clarke, George C 


.1896 


Clarkson, Ashton Crosby. . . 


.1907 


tClarkson, Banyer 


.1892 


tClarkson, Margaret Liv- 


ino"ston 


.1885 


tClarkson, Matthew 


.1853 


Clinch, Edward S 


.1897 


tClute, Rev. Robert F 


.1857 


tCochrane, Adam W. S. . . . 


.1900 


Cochrane, John W 


.1874 


tCodman, Ogden, jr 


.1904 


Coggeslmll, Edwin W 


. 1 909 


tCole, Edward F 


.1904 


tColes, Henry Rutgers Rem- 


sen 


.1894 


Coles, Jonathan Ackerman, 


M.D 


.1901 


Collamore, Marion Davis. . . 


.1896 


tCollier, Price 


.1905 


tCollins, Stephen Willets.. 


.1906 


tCollyer, Robert, D.D 


.1882 



ANNUAL AND LIFE MEMBERS. 



63 



Comfort, Randall 1905 

tComstock, Frederick H 1889 

tConstant, Samuel Victor. . .1893 

tCook, Arthur Peters 1864 

Cooper, Theodore 1895 

tCorell, Philip R 1900 

tCorlies, Joseph W., jr 1851 

Cornell, Russell R I'JOS 

Cotton, Louis Kossuth 1903 

tCoxe, Macgrane 1898 

Crain, Thomas C. T 1900 

fCrane, Albert 1873 

tCrane, Frank Warren 1897 

Crane, Warren C 1896 

tCrawford, Everett L 1907 

fCrimmins, John D 1899 

Cromwell, David W 1904 

tCross, Mrs. C. Vanderbilt. .1903 

Cruikshank, Edwin A 1907 

tCruikshank, Warren 1905 

tCrum, Frederick H 1908 

Cummings, George F 1882 

tCurtis, William Edmund. . .1901 

^Cutting, R. Fulton. 1888 

^tCutting, W. Bayard 1888 

fCuj^ler, Telamon 1908 

Darlington, Charles Francis. . 1902 

tDavenport, Mrs. Ira 1905 

tDavies, J. Clarence 1906 

Davies, Julien T 1880 

Davies, WUliam Gilbert 1877 

Davis, Chandler 1903 

tDavis, Fellowes 1896 

Davis, Gherardi 1894 

tDavis, Mrs. Gherardi 1889 

tDavis, John W. A 1903 

tDavis, Vernon M 1903 

Dayton, Charles W 1897 

Debevoise, George 1903 

De Bost, William L 1905 

tDe Eresby, Mrs. Willoughby.1902 
tDe Forest, Robert Weeks. . .1866 

tDe Kay, Charles 1881 

tDelafield, Albert 1891 

tDelafield, John Ross 1907 



tDelafield, Joseph Living- 
ston 1893 

tDelafield, Julia Livingston. 1891 
tDelafield, Maturin Living- 
ston 1874 

tDelafield, Maturin Living- 
ston, jr 1899 

Delafield, Richard 1901 

Delano, Warren, jr 1896 

Delmonico, L. Crist 1902 

tDe Luze, Philip Schuyler. . .1895 

Demarest, Frank Z ■. 190!) 

tDe Meli, Henry G. D 1895 

Depew, Chauncey M 1869 

■■'tDe Peyster, Catharine Au- 
gusta 1902 

tDe Peyster, Frederic Ash- 
ton 1906 

tDe Peyster, Wm. Moore 

Dongan 1897 

De Puy, Henry F 1902 

tDe Witt, William G 1889 

♦tDexter, Henry 1862 

Dexter, Stanley W 1897 

tDey, Anthony 1863 

tDey, Mary Laidlie 1906 

tDey, Richard Varick 1895 

tDeyo, Robert E 1897 

tDibble, William A 1857 

Dill, Josephine H 1903 

Dimond, Thomas 1901 

Dix, John Adams 1905 

tDixon, George, jr 1857 

Dodd, George Canfield 1908 

tDodd, John M., jr 1894 

tDodge, Anson G. P 1870 

Dodge, Cleveland H 1883 

tDominick, Marinus Willett.1896 

tDornin, William C 1862 

Douglas, Charles Stuart 1907 

Douglas, William H 1901 

tDowling, Robert E 1906 

tDows, Tracy 1905 

Drummond, L Wyman 1905 

Du Bois, Charles A 1907 

Dugro, P. Henry 1891 

tDuncan, William B 1857 



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THE NEW-YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY. 



fDunn, Gano 1907 

Dunning, William A 1900 

fDu Pont, Henry A 1905 

Dutcher, William 1907 

Dwight, Frederick 1904 

Dwight, Henry Otis 1907 

tEanies, Wilberforce 1906 

tEaton, Sherburne Blake 1877 

tEdmonds, John Worth 1894 

tEinstein, Lewis 1902 

fEIiot, Ellsworth, M.D 1865 

Eliot, Walter Graeme 1906 

tElliott, Frederick B 1857 

Elseffer, Mrs. Wiliam L 1897 

Ely, Edwin A 1908 

Emmet, Thomas Addis, M.D,1864 
"fEno, Amos Ferdinand . . 1888 
tEvans, William T 1896 

^Fahnestock, Harris C 1879 

fFairchild, Charles S 1882 

Furrand, Oliver M 1908 

tFarrel, John Truitt 1908 

tFatman, Morris 1009 

tFaye, Thomas 1871 

fField, Cortlandt de Peyster.1850 
tField, Mrs. Cortlandt de 

Peyster 1885 

fFish, Stuyvesant 1875 

Fisk, Harvey Edward 1907 

Fitch, Ashbel P 1906 

Fitch, Winchester 1906 

Fitzgerald, James 1905 

fFlagg, Eben Moore '. 1906 

fFletcher, Austin B 1906 

tFolsom, George W 1858 

Foote, Elizur V 1908 

Ford, Worthington C 1892 

Forster, James V 1909 

fForstcr John A 1908 

fFoster, Frederic de Peyster. 1874 

Foster, J. Hegeman 1907 

Foster, Scott 1902 

tFouIke, Bayard Fish 1903 

tFox, Austen G 1872 

Freedman, John J 1873 



French, Amos Tuck 1888 

tFrenche, James 1853 

Frick, John 1906 

Friedenwald, Herbert 1909 

Friend, Meyer M 1902 

Frissell, Algernon S 1903 

Frye, Jed 1902 

Fuller, Frank 1892 

Fuller, Linus E 1906 

(iaillard Williajii D 1909 

tGallatin, Albert 1905 

tGallatin, Albert Eugene 1903 

tGallatin, Frederic 1870 

tGallatin, R. Horace 1892 

Galot, Alphonse 1877 

Gardiner, Asa Bird 1871 

Gawtry, Harrison E 1906 

Gawtry, Lewis B 1904 

tGeer, Walter 1902 

Geissenhainer, Jacob A 1881 

Giegerich, Leonard A 1907 

Gifford Stanley 1907 

tGihon, John 1857 

tGihon, William 1852 

Gilder, Richard Watson 1881 

tGiles, Stephen W 1896 

Gilsey, Frederick C 1905 

Gleason, John B 1907 

fGlover, Mrs. James A 1886 

tGoodhart, Philip J 1008 

Goodrich, George S 1906 

tGoodwin, James J 1891 

tGould, Edwin 1896 

tGrant, R. Suydam 1857 

Gray, John Clinton 1873 

Green, Howard C 1907 

tGreene, Alister 1896 

tGreene, John W., M.D 1854 

Greene, Richard Henry 1896 

tGreenough, John 1891 

''^Greenwood, Isaac J 1858 

Greenwood, Langdon, jr 1893 

tGregory, Charles 1902 

tGregory, Franklin U 1907 

tGregory, Henry E 1886 

tGriflfen, Benjamin 1874 



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Griffin, Xelson F I!t09 

tGriffith, Daniel J 1901 

fGuggenheim, Murray 1901 

fGunther, John Jacob 1904 

"Hackstaff, Cliarles LudoviclSOS 

tHaines, Samuel B 1877 

Haldane, Mary H 1903 

Hall, Edward Hagaman 1902 

Hall, Frank Oliver, D.D 1905 

tHall, Mary F 1901 

fHalsey, Frederick R 1900 

Halsey, Eichard T. H 1896 

Hamilton, Edraond H 1890 

Hamilton, William Gaston.. 1889 

tHance, John A ' 190G 

Handy, R. Fleming 1906 

Hanna Charles Augustus. . .1909 

fHarbeck, Charles John 1897 

tHarbeck, Charles T 1857 

Hardley, J. Wheeler 1902 

Harison, Mrs. George D. L. . . 1897 

Harper, Francis P 1897 

tHarper, John 1885 

Harper, Latlirop Colgate. .. 1909 
tHarriman, Edward Henry.. 1885 

Harris, William H 1903 

Hasbrouck, Mrs. Frederick. .1900 

Haskell, J. Amory 1895 

Hatch, Albert J 1870 

tHavemeyer, Frederic C 1899 

tHavemeyer, John C 1857 

tHavemeyer, William F 1891 

tHavens, Henry P 1882 

tHawes, Gilbert Ray 1895 

Hawk, Willard C 1909 

tHawkes, McDougall 1898 

tHawley, Thomas R 1864 

Headley, Russel 1901 

tHealey, Warren M 1888 

tHearn, George A 1895 

Heminway, Homer 1882 

tHendricks, Albert 1869 

tHenick, John J 1852 

^jHerrman, Mrs. Henry 1889 

tHess, Selmar 1903 

Higgins, Eugene 1889 



Higginson, Francis J 1907 

flligginson, James J 1899 

Highet, Frank Brewster 1906 

Hill, Edward Bruce 1896 

Hill, Frederick Trevor 1909 

fHill, Robert Carmer 1906 

Hillhouse, Charles B 1897 

Ilillyor. Clarence W 190!) 

Hine, Charles Gilbert 1905 

Hitchcock, Ripley 1905 

Hobbs, Frederick G 1902 

IHoe, Robert, jr 1852 

Hoft'man, Chai'les Frederick. 1897 
fHoffman, Eugene Augustus.1907 
*'='tHoffman, Mrs. Eugene A. 1901 
*tHofi'man, Louisa Ver- 

planck 1907 

tHoflfman, Margaret, Elmen- 

dorf 1907 

* fHoffman, Samuel Ver- 

planck 1901 

tHoflfman, Mrs. Samuel Ver- 

planck 1903 

Hoffman, William M. V....1897 
Hoffman, Mrs. William M. V.1903 

Ilolbrook, Levi 1909 

Holden, Mrs. Edwin B 1907 

tHopkins, George B 1902 

Hoppin, William Warner. . .1871 

Hotchkin, Walter B 1905 

tHubbard, Thomas H.. . . . . 1906 

Hubbard, Walter Comstock. 1908 

Hubbell, George W 1895 

tHunter, Frederick W 1882 

*tHuntington, Archer Mil- 
ton 1890 

Huntington, Charles R 1896 

Huntington, Frederick J 1881 

Huntington, William R., D.D.1884 

Hurlbut, Theodore D 1893 

tHurry, Renwick Clifton. . . .1903 

Hutchins, Augu.stus S 1908 

tHutchins, AVilliam E 1907 

Hutchinson, Gary T 1894 

tHutchinson, William J 1877 

tHyatt, Abram M 1902 

Hyde, Edwin Francis 1891 



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Hyde, Frederick E., M.D. . . .1892 

Hyde, Henry St. John 1904 

tHyde, James H 1903 

Hyman, Mrs. David M 1902 

Ireland, John B 1886 

Ii-ving, Walter 1890 

flrwin, John Vosburgh. . . .1907 

flselin, Adrian, jr 1868 

flselin, Columbus 0'Donnel.l873 

Iselin, William E 1873 

tlshara, Charles 1885 

^tlsham, William B 18S5 

fives, Brayton 1905 

Jackson, Charles Fred. Have- 

meyer 1899 

Jackson, Frederick A 1906 

tJackson, Eev. Samuel M...1888 

-i^t Jackson, Theodore F 1897 

Jacobi, Abraham, M.D 1872 

JafTray, Eobert 1890 

v.Iameson, Edwin C 1909 

t Jarvis, Jay 1863 

tJay, William 1852 

t Jennings, Oliver G 1893 

-^-tJesup, Mrs. Morris K 1888 

t Johnson, Henry W 1852 

Johnston, Henry P 1882 

t Johnston, J. Herbert 1897 

t Johnston, John H 1862 

Joline, Adrian H 1893 

fJones, Charles Landon 1900 

Jones, Francis C 1907 

t Jones, Rev. Henry L 1857 

t Jones, James H 1882 

Jones, Mrs. Oliver Living- 
ston 1902 

Jones, Rosalie Gardiner. . . . 1909 

t Jordan, Stanley 1900 

Judge, John H 1902 

tKelby, Charles Hendre 1899 

tKelby, Robert Hendre 1893 

tKelby, Thomas 1891 



Kelley, Frank Bergen 1904 

*tKennedy, John S 1883 

Kent, Jennie E 1908 

Kent, William 1896 

Kenyon, William Houston. . 1909 

Kerr, Walter 1009 

tKeteltas, Alice 1902 

Keys, Alice M 1905 

fKing, Ellen 1889 

fl^ng, George Gordon 1898 

tKing, John Alsop 1900 

'^'fl^ng, Mary Rhinelander. . 1889 

Kiiigslcy, William M l'.M)!» 

iKirtland, Anna T. E 1865 

Kohler, Max J 1903 

Kunz, George F 1907 

Lacombe, E. Henry 1904 

Ladd, William Whitehead. . 1907 
tLa Fetra, Linnaeus Ed- 
ford, M.D 1900 

tLaimbeer, Francis E 1906 

Lumbort, Samuel W., M.D..1908 

fLane, Smith E 1850 

^fLangdon, Woodbury G 1878 

'^^tLanier, Charles 1857 

tLansing, Mrs. Abraham. . . .1904 

Larkin, John 1895 

Lawrence, Richard Hoe. . . . 1900 
Lawrence, William Van 

Duzen 1900 

Law son, Judson 100!) 

fLawson, Leonidas M 1874 

^Lawton, Mrs. James M 1900 

Leaycraft, J. Edgar 1887 

tLe Boutillier, Charles 1896 

Lofforts, Charles M lliOl) 

tLefferts, Marshall C 1903 

tLeggett, Francis H 1901 

tLeland, Charles H 1879 

Lesher, Arthur L 1884 

Leverich, S. Duncan 1906 

Levussove, Moses S 1905 

Levy, Elias Henry 1881 

Lewis, John N 1897 

fLibbey, Jonas Marsh 1877 



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fLibbey, William, jr 1880 

tLincoln, James M 1891 

Lindsay, John D 1904 

Little, Andrew 1908 

Livingston, James Duane...l907 

fLivingston, Johnston 1883 

Livingston, Luther S 190G 

fLivingston, William S., jr.. 1879 

tLockman, De Witt M 1890 

tLockman, John T 1884 

Loewy, Benno 1894 

tLoring, Daniel A 1887 

tLoubat, Joseph F 1871 

tLow, Joseph T 1901 

tLow, Seth 1890 

Ludlow, James B 1901 

Lufburrow, Elizabeth S 1903 

fLummis, William 1877 

Lybecker, Charles E 1909 

tLynch, James B...'. 1882 

Lyon, A. Maynard 1902 

tMcAlpin, Charles W 1902 

McBarron, Frank J 190G 

McCagg, Louis Butler 1900 

tMcClintock, Emory 1895 

tMcCord, William H 1902 

McEwen, James R. R 1908 

tMcGowan, Patrick F 1907 

tMcKesson, George Clinton. .1873 

tMcKesson, Irving 1899 

tMcKesson, John, jr 1857 

tMcLanahan, George W 1882 

McLean, Donald 1899 

McLellan, Hugh 1905 

tMacy, Nelson 1902 

Madison, Winfield S 1904 

Madison, Mrs. Winfield S 1904 

Maginnis, William H 1905 

Mahler, Edward J 1876 

tMallet-Prevost, Severe 1901 

tMallett, Edward J 1856 

Marks, George Edwin 1896 

tMarquand, Allan 1886 

tMarquand, Henry 1881 

Marsh, John Edward 1896 

tMarshall, Louis, 1905 



Mather, Frank J., jr 1901 

Maury, Charles W 1891 

Maury, Henry T 1891 

May, Calvin S., M.D 1907 

Meeks, Edwin B 1889 

tMcnaii, ^\■alter Herbert. . 1909 

tilerritt, Douglass 1867 

Messenger, Maria Gerard 1893 

Meyrowitz, Emile B 1901 

Milhau, Louis J. de 1905 

tMiller, George Macculloch.1881 

Miller, Hugh Gordon 1907 

tMilliken, David 1857 

'=^Mills, Darius O 1902 

tMitchell, Albert M. P 1890 

tMitchell, Benjamin G 1902 

Mitchell, Edward 1903 

Moffat, George Barclay 1905 

Moffat, R. Bumham 1898 

tMoldenke, Rev. Charles E..1886 

MoUer, Edwin Clarence 1908 

tMoore, Jacob B 1878 

Moore, William H. H 1852 

Moran, Charles 1903 

Morgan, George H 1881 

"Morgan, J. Pierpont 1881 

Morgan, Junius Spencer 1902 

Morgenthau, Julius C 1906 

tMorison, John A 1867 

Morris, Fordham 1870 

fMorris, Henry Lewis 1874 

fMorris, Newbold 1901 

tMorrison, David M 1857 

tMorrison, George Austin. . .1892 

tMorrison, WUliam E 1857 

tMorse, Charles W 1902 

^Morton, Levi P 1855 

Moss, Frank 1905 

tMossman, John M 1884 

Mott, Hopper Striker 1902 

Mott, Lewis F 1907 

•tMount, Susan 1882 

Munn, Charles Allen 1907 

Munsell, Charles E 1892 

Murray, J. Archibald 1885 

Muschenheim William C...1909 
Myers, Edward 1896 



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Xash, John McLean 1902 

tNavarro, Jos6 F. de 1880 

Keeser, John G 1 905 

Neill, Henry Harmon 1903 

tNelson, William 1893 

tXesbitt, George F 1857 

jNichols, Acosta 1903 

Nichols, Anthony Dey 1903 

tNichoIs, Effingham H 1892 

Nichols, George Livingston. .1897 
^fNickerson, Mrs. Thomas 

W 1903 

Nicoll, Mrs. De Lancey 1906 

Noble, Francis L 1903 

tNorrie, Ambrose Lanfear. . .1888 

fNorrie, Adam Gordon 1888 

tXorrie, Gordon 1852 

tNorrie, Van Home, M.D...1888 

Norton, Edward L 1894 

Norwood, Catherine 100!) 

tOakman, Walter G 1896 

Odell. Hamilton 1863 

Ogden, Henry A 1893 

tOgden, William B 1887 

tOglesby, Mrs. Joseph H. . . .1904 

Olcott, J. Van Vechten 1897 

Olcott, Mrs. J. Van Vechten. 1903 

tOpdyck, Leonard E 1888 

tOrvis, Charies Eustis 1903 

tOrvis, Edwin W 1903 

Osgood, Herbert L 1893 

tOsgood, John C 1890 

Oudin, Lucien 1900 

Paddock, Eugene H 1891 

tPage, Edward D 1893 

Paltsits, Victor Hugo 1907 

^tParish, Daniel, jr 1882 

Parish, Edward C mos 

tParish, Henry 1901 

tParish, Wainwright 1901 

tParker, Mrs. Gilbert 1888 

Parker, Samuel Eugene. . . . 1907 
Parris, Edward L 1880 



•; Parsons, J. Lester 1908 

tParsons, John E 1901 

^t Parsons, Mrs. John E 1877 

tParsons, William Decatur. .1895 

Patton, Charles L 1892 

tPeabody, Charles J 1907 

Peck, Charles E 1901 

tPeck, Guy Dayton 1895 

tPeckham, Walton M 1857 

tPell, Frederick Aycrigg. . . .1877 

tPell, Howland 1889 

tPell, Howland Haggerty. . .1907 

Pell, John L. E 1903 

Pell, Stephen H. P 1907 

tPelletreau, William S 1899 

tPenfold, Edmund 1852 

tPenfold, William Hall 1857 

Perkins, J. Deming 1859 

Perry, Alexander 1903 

Perry, Alvan Williston 1909 

Peters, Mrs. Edward Mc- 

Clure 1902 

tPeters, Samuel T 1886 

tPeters, William Richmond. 1904 

Phillips, N. Taylor 1894 

^Phipps, Henry 1901 

^tPhoenix, Lloyd 1887 

^tPhoenix, Phillips 1887 

Piderit, Marie Alma 1900 

Pier, Mrs. Garrett R 190G 

I'ierey, Henry Clay 1909 

tPierson, J. Fred 1906 

Piatt, Frank H 1890 

Plympton, Gilbert Motier. . .1897 

Poillon, William 1905 

tPorter, Frank Brinley 1907 

Porter, Joseph L 1906 

tPost, Abram S 1884 

iPost, Henry A. V 1888 

Potter, Frederick 1902 

Powell, William R 1902 

Powell. Wilson M 1865 

Pratt, Dallas B 1897 

t Prentice, William P 1867 

Preston, Lewis Butler 1906 

Primrose, John Selby 1907 

Proctor, William Ross 1902 



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Pryer, Charles 1877 

Purdon, John 1895 

Purdy, J. Harsen 1903 

Putnam, Frederic Ward 1899 

tPyle, James Tolman 1902 

fPyne, M. Taylor , . . . 1888 

Quintard, Edward, M.D 1895 

Quintard, George W 1861 

Randell, James Wells 1905 

tRansora, J. Henry 1865 

tRaven, Anton A 1901 

tRead, Harmon Pumpelly. . .1885 

tRead, John Meredith, jr 1885 

tRead, William A 1901 

tRedmond, Mrs. Henry S 1889 

tReed, Josiah H 1865 

Reid, Wallace 1904 

Reynal, Nathaniel C 1909 

fRhinelander, Frederic W 1894 

Rhinelander, Philip 1890 

fRhinelander, Rev. Philip 

Mercer 1888 

■^fRhinelander, Serena 1888 

Rhinelander, T. J. Oakley. ..1896 

fRich, Joseph S 1903 

Richardson, Rosell L 1895 

Riker, John Jackson 1891 

fRiker, John L 1850 

f Riker, Samuel 1888 

tRives, George L 1891 

f Robb, J. Hampden 1872 

f Robinson, James A 1852 

fRoberts, Charles F., M.D... 1007 

f Roche, Rev. Spencer S 1887 

Rock, Matthew 1902 

f Rockefeller, John D., jr. . . .1901 

f Roelker, Alfred 1882 

Rogers, Edwin Howell 1907 

fRomaine, Louis T 1902 

Roosevelt, Franklin D 190G 

f Roosevelt, Robert B., jr 1890 

Root, Elihu 1873 

Rothschild, Jacob 1891 



fRowland, H, Edwards 1874 

Rude-Jacobsen, Mrs. Hans.. 1905 

Rusch, Henry A ^ .... 1898 

fRussell, Archibald D 1874 

fRussell, Charles Howland. . 1884 
Rutherford, James William. 1908 

RuthraufT, Charles C 1904 

fRutter, Robert 1887 

fSabin, Joseph F 1892 

Sackett, Henry Woodward. .1904 

f Sanford, Henry G 1903 

fSanxay, Theodore F 1904 

Satterlee. F. Le Roy, M.D. . .1887 

Sawyer, Philip 1901 

fSchell, Edward H 1883 

•f Schell, F. Robert 1867 

fSchell, Mrs. F. Robert 1902 

Schermerhom, Charles A. . . .1883 

fSchieffelin, George R 1894 

Schieffelin, Schuyler 1890 

fSchieffelin, William Jay 1904 

tSchitf, Jacob H 1889 

Schnitzel-, William M 1909 

Schroeder, J. Langdon 1901 

Schwab, Gustav H 1888 

Scudder, Moses L 1897 

Seudder, Willard 1893 

fSeaman, Louis Livingston, 

M.D 1903 

Servos.s, Henry Laidlaw. . . . 1909 

fSeton, Alfred L 1857 

fSeton, Robert, D.D 1883 

y.Sexton, Edward B 1908 

Seymour, Morris Woodruff. .1895 

Shailer, William Griggs 1906 

Shaler, Alexander 1867 

•fSherman, Charles A 1888 

fSherman, Mrs. Charles A.. 1902 

fSherman, Corinne A 1904 

fSherman, George 1884 

fSherman, John T 1889 

fSherman, William Watts.. 1902 
Sherwood, Herbert Francis. 1906 

f Sherwood, S. Clinton 1904 

f Shirley, Rufus George 1905 



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tShrady, John, M.D 1865 

fSiegel, Mrs. Henry 1902 

tSilliman, Harper 1904 

fSimmons, Mrs. J. Ferris.. 1903 

tSistare, William H. M 1870 

Slade, William Gerry 1907 

Slade, Mrs. William Gerry.. 1903 

tSlawson, George L 1902 

tSIoane, Charles W 1877 

tSloane, Thomas O'Conor. . .1877 

nSloane, William D 1873 

tSloane, William Milligan. .1898 
tSlocum, Charles Elihii, 

M.D 1908 

Smith, Alfred H 1902 

Smith, Charles H 1009 

tSmith, Cornelius B., D.D...1867 

Smith, Elliot 1008 

Smith, George H 1907 

tSmith, George Williamson, 

D.D 1900 

Smith, Hiram 1895 

tSmith, Isaac P 1905 

tSmith, J. Augustus 1904 

Smith, L. Bayard 1901 

tSmith, Stephen, M.D 1867 

tSmith, Thomas E. V 1888 

Smitli, W. Schuyler 1909 

Smith, Wm. Alexander 1858 

tSmull, Thomas 1857 

Smyth, Herbert C 1896 

Snell, Thomas 190G 

Snook, Thomas Edward 1907 

tSouthmayd, Charles F 1864 

Spears, Harry D 1895 

Speir, Archibald W 1901 

^tSpeyer, James 1901 

tSpoflford, Paul N 1845 

Spooncr, John C 1909 

tStanton, Mrs. John 1890 

Btanton, Lucius M 1905 

tSteei-s, James R 1897 

tSterling, Charles Burr 1897 

Sterry, John De Witt 1907 

tStevens, Alexander H 1907 

tStevens, Byam Kirby 1803 

tStevens, Byam Kirby, jr.. 1909 



tStevens, Frederic W 1903 

tStevens, John Austin 1848 

tStevens. William Dixon... 1909 

tSteward, John, jr 1857 

Stewart, John A 1850 

Stewart, Wm. Rhinelander. .1894 

tStillman, James 1887 

Stillwell, John Edwin, M.D..1901 
tStimson, Daniel M., M.D... 1903 

tStokes, Ani3on Phelps 1891 

-^tStokes, Caroline Phelps. . .1889 

tStokes, I. N. Phelps 1900 

tStokes, James 1864 

^tStorm, Clarence 1902 

tStraus, Oscar S 1884 

Struthers, J. Walter Wood. 1907 

tStuart, Mrs. JNIalcolm 1903 

Sturges, Henry C 1874 

'^tSturges, Frederick 1880 

tSturges, Ptev. Isaac C 1904 

Sturgis, Frank K 1900 

Sturgis, Mrs. Frank K 1900 

tStuyvesant, A. Van Home. 1857 
"tStuyvesant, Robert V. R.lS.-)7 
Stuyvesant, Rutherfurd ....1869 

tSuckley, Robert B 1896 

tSuydam, Emily Halsey. . . . 1906 

tSuydam, Walter L 1903 

tSwan, Edward H., jr 1881 

tSwan, Otis D... ..1850 

Taber, Harriette 1905 

tTailer, Edward Neufville. . .1898 

Taintor, Charles N 1905 

Taintor, Giles E 1907 

Talcott, Rev. J. Frederick. . .1901 

tTaylor, George C 1857 

tTaylor, Henry R 1905 

Taylor, Samuel Roberts. . . . 1906 

tTaylor, Theodoras B 1851 

Tenney, Charies H 1903 

Tenney, Daniel G 1895 

tTerhune, Thomas 1861 

tTeny, Roderick, D.D 1882 

Thompson, Alexander Ram- 
say 1906 

Thompson, David W 1902 



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*tThompson, Mrs. Frederick 

F 1901 

Thompson, Walter, D.D. . . . 1906 
fThompson, Walter Ledyard.1896 
Thorn, Leonard Mortimer. . .1874 

tThorne, Edwin 1906 

fThome, Jonathan 1857 

^fThome, Phebe Anna 1891 

Thorne, Eobert 1906 

tThorne, Samuel 1902 

tThorne, Samuel, jr 1900 

tThorne, Victor Corse, M.D..1906 
fThome, Wm. Van Sehoon- 

hoven 1897 

tTiemann, Hermann N 1899 

^tTilford, Frank 1902 

Todd, Charles Burr 1890 

tTollea, Brainard 1901 

tTomkins, Calvin 1905 

Tomlinson, John C 1907 

Tompkins, Hamilton B 1874 

Totten, William H. B 1897 

Towne, Paul R 1904 

Townsend, Sarah E 1900 

Townsend, Howard 1890 

tTrask, Spencer 1905 

fTreadwell, George A 1892 

tTreat, Erastus B 1893 

tTrevor, Henry Graff 1893 

Tniesdale William H 1908 

Tuck, Edward 1877 

tTucker, Edwin 1900 

[•Tucker, Mrs. John J 1902 

tTucker, Walter Curtis 1900 

tTully, A. C 1907 

Tweedie, M. Stanley 1904 

Ulmann, Albert 1903 

tUnderhill, Frederic E 1906 

tVan Alstyne, Lawrence 1895 

Van Amringe, Guy 1903 

Van Amringe, John Howard. 1903 
Van Cortlandt, Augustus. . .1884 
•tVanderbilt, George W. . . .1884 



^tVanderbilt, William K. . . .1878 
fVander Veer, Albert, M.D. . 1905 
Van De Water, George R., 

D.D 1904 

Van Hoesen, George M 1885 

tVan Nest, Mrs. Alexander 

T 1902 

Van Norden, Theodore Lang- 
don 1906 

Van Norden, Warner 1902 

Van Norden, Warner M., jr. 1906 
Van Rensselaer, A. Cort- 
landt 1898 

tVan Rensselaer, Mrs. John 

King 1898 

Van Rensselaer, Mrs. Schuy- 
ler 1902 

tVan Schaick, John B 1906 

tVan Slyck, George W 1871 

tVan Woert, Francis G 1857 

Van Wormer, John R 1908 

Vedder, John C 1909 

Vei-milye, Mrs. Thomas E. . .1908 
tVerniilye, Gertrude Ved- 
der 1908 

Ver Planck, William G 1896 

Villard, Oswald Garrison. . .1898 
t Vincent, Marvin R., D.D. . .1901 
'^'tVon Post, Herman Cas- 
per 1895 

Voorhis, Caspar J 1909 

Waddington, George 1890 

tWagner, Frederic C 1903 

Wait, Frederick Scott 1908 

Wait, William Bell, jr 1893 

Wakeman, David G 1909 

t Walker, Alexander 1903 

tWalker, Rt. Rev. Wm. D., 

D.D 1865 

rWalsh, James J., M.D....1908 
Wandell, Francis Livingston. 1904 

Ward, Francis E 1902 

tWard, Henry Marion 1901 

tWard, J. Otis 1861 

tWard, Sylvester L. H 1893 



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Warren, William R 1902 

Wasson, Rev. James B., D.D.1907 

fWaterbury, John 1 1894 

t Watson, Rev. Jolin Henry. 1902 
*tWatson, Mrs. John Henry. 1903 
t Watts, George Burghall. . . 1S63 

Wayland, John Elton 1909 

tWebb, Wm, Seward, M.D..1882 

tWebster, David, M.D 1889 

tWebster, Sidney 1867 

tWedemeyer, Arnold J. D. . .1885 

tWeekes, Alice Delano 1900 

Weekes, Arthur Delano. ... 1909 
tWeekes, Henry de Forest. .1895 

tWeekes, John A 1883 

tWelch, Alexander M 1896 

tWelles, Edgar T 1889 

fWelles, Mrs. John 1902 

tWelsh, Osgood 1881 

tWendell, Evert Jansen 1900 

Wentz, James G 1909 

Wentz, Theodore 1908 

Werner, Adolph ISO.") 

Wetherbee, Gardner 1909 

tWetmore, Charles H 1858 

Wetmore, Edmund 1907 

fWetmore, George Peabody.1875 

tWheeler, Everett P 1863 

Whitaker, John E 1902 

t White, Alain C 1903 

White, Horace 1909 

White, John Jay, jr 1902 

tWhite, Wm. Augustus 1857 

Whitin, Ernest Stagg 1909 

Whitfield, Virginia M. von 
Leuveniffli 1909 



t Whitney, Charles A 1886 

Whitridge, Frederick W 1886 

tWhittaker, Thomas 1879 

Wicker, Cassius M 1902 

Wiener, Frank 1898 

tWilder, Louis D. V., M.D..1864 

t Wilkinson, James 1887 

tWillets, John T 1886 

tWilliams, David 1882 

Wills, Charles T 1902 

twills, James 1906 

Wilson, Henry R 1902 

t Wilson, M. Orme 1902 

tWindmuller, Louis 1891 

tWinthrop, Benjamin R 1857 

tWinthrop, Egerton Leigh.. 1857 

tWinthrop, Grenville L 1893 

tWinthrop, William Neilson.1857 
tWitthaus, Rudolph A., M.D.1862 

tWodell, Silas 1906 

tWood, Arthur King 1901 

tWood, Charles F 1892 

tWood, Mrs. Isaac F 1878 

t Woodman, Lucy M. Durand.1907 

tWoodrufr, Baker 1857 

t Woodruff, Francis E 1898 

tWright, John M 1857 

tWyckoff, William F 1901 

tWysong, John J 1902 

tYoung, William Hopkins. . .1896 
tYork, Edward Palmer 1902 

tZabriskie, Andrew C 1881 



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fee of Twenty Dollars, which includes dues for 
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Dollars as dues ; or a life-membership fee of One 
Hundred Dollars, in lieu of all other dues and 
fees. 

Nominations are to be sent by members to 
the Recording Secretary. 

Members have the privilege of introducing 
visitors to the rooms of the Society by their card 
or a note, and of bringing two persons with them 
to the monthly meetings. 

The contribution of five thousand dollars to 
the funds of the Society shall entitle the person 
giving the same to be elected a Patron of the 
Society in perpetuity. 

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